Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Cockfighting Hearing Coming Up!
SM 10, Delcaring cockfighting the state disgrace, will be heard by Senate Rules Committee on Monday, February 6th at 8:30 am in room 321. Please show your support by either attending the hearing or contacting the committee members.
Follow this link, http://legis.state.nm.us/lcs/committeedisplay.asp?CommCode=SRC, then click on the legislator's name to access his/her phone number. Senator John Grubesic is the vice chair of the committee and sponsor of this measure.
The animals are having a good session with a number of very quick hearings this week.
The Animal Sheltering Services Act, HB 227, had a successful hearing today in House Consumer and Public Affairs before being passed unanimously. Sponsor Joni Gutierrez takes the bill to House Appropriations and Finance next.
Rep. McCoy's memorial on animal evacuation planning passed House Government and Urban Affairs and is now on the House Calendar. It could be voted on by the full House on Wednesday. Since it is only a House memorial, not a joint memorial, it doesn't have to go the Senate.
SB 157, the bill to ban internet hunting, passed Senate Conservation and is on its way to Senate Judiciary. A number of people I've talked to about the bill haven't realized that real animals are killed in this activity and that it is not some sort of virtual hunting computer game.
The Land, Wildlife and Clean Energy Act is charging ahead as well. SB 407 was heard by Senate Conservation today and passed on with no reccomendation. The committee members were concerned about a lack of legislative oversight on the spending of the estimated $10 million by the proposed bill and hoped that the sponsor could work out that issue as it goes to its next committee, Senate Finance. The committee members also appeared a bit shocked by the wide consensus on the bill from groups that often are at opposition (oil & gas industry, agriculture, environmentalists, and so on). The hearing room was packed full of supporters! The House version of the bill is heard by House Taxation and Revenue Committee on Wednesday afternoon.
Follow this link, http://legis.state.nm.us/lcs/committeedisplay.asp?CommCode=SRC, then click on the legislator's name to access his/her phone number. Senator John Grubesic is the vice chair of the committee and sponsor of this measure.
The animals are having a good session with a number of very quick hearings this week.
The Animal Sheltering Services Act, HB 227, had a successful hearing today in House Consumer and Public Affairs before being passed unanimously. Sponsor Joni Gutierrez takes the bill to House Appropriations and Finance next.
Rep. McCoy's memorial on animal evacuation planning passed House Government and Urban Affairs and is now on the House Calendar. It could be voted on by the full House on Wednesday. Since it is only a House memorial, not a joint memorial, it doesn't have to go the Senate.
SB 157, the bill to ban internet hunting, passed Senate Conservation and is on its way to Senate Judiciary. A number of people I've talked to about the bill haven't realized that real animals are killed in this activity and that it is not some sort of virtual hunting computer game.
The Land, Wildlife and Clean Energy Act is charging ahead as well. SB 407 was heard by Senate Conservation today and passed on with no reccomendation. The committee members were concerned about a lack of legislative oversight on the spending of the estimated $10 million by the proposed bill and hoped that the sponsor could work out that issue as it goes to its next committee, Senate Finance. The committee members also appeared a bit shocked by the wide consensus on the bill from groups that often are at opposition (oil & gas industry, agriculture, environmentalists, and so on). The hearing room was packed full of supporters! The House version of the bill is heard by House Taxation and Revenue Committee on Wednesday afternoon.
