Bills and other activity in the legislature
Two bills sponsored by Representative Cates are highlighted in the Business section of the 13 Jan 25 Albuquerque Journal: on Ticket Scalping and on Healthcare appropriations. From the Journal: Economy New Mexico could join about half a dozen other states that have laws aiming to prevent ticket scalping. Ticket scalping is selling, offering for sale…
KRQE NEWS 13 reports: “The window has opened for lawmakers to file bills they want to introduce during this year’s 60-day legislative session.Legislative bill would cut funding for public libraries that ban books in New Mexico.” See: KRQE NEWS 13 – Breaking News, Albuquerque News, New Mexico
“A push to prohibit landlords across the state from turning away tenants whose rent is partially paid by government subsidies narrowly failed in a legislative committee meeting Monday afternoon.” Kathleen will reintroduce the bill next year. Read the story in Source NM.
Daily Lobo story on House Bill 25. The bill —presented by Representative Kathleen Cates (D), Andrea Romero (D), Patricia Roybal Caballero (D) and Cristina Parajón (D)—would amend the state’s Human Rights Act to prohibit the refusal to sell or rent property to someone based on their income source, defined in the bill as “a lawful and verifiable…
Changes to New Mexico employees’ and politicians’ anti-corruption law clear first committee: santafenewmexican.com
Kathleen previews the upcoming legislative session, plus she tells us why we have 30-day sessions in New Mexico.
HB123, Introduced by Senator Harold Pope (D-Bernalillo) and Representative Kathleen Cates, would make public libraries ineligible to receive state funding if they ban material based on political or religious ideology or other arbitrary factors. Read the story and watch the video here.
Representatives Elizabeth “Liz” Thomson, Eleanor Chavez, and Kathleen Cates in the Sandoval Signpost: In the last Legislative Health and Human Services Committee, members were presented with the shocking reality that New Mexico is home to the largest percentage of private equity owned hospitals in the nation. As legislators, we are committed to demanding transparency and…
Kathleen’s work does not stop when the Legislature ends. Listen to this Rio Rancho Radio interview with Kathleen about the work she is doing–from ensuring our farmers have water, to advocating for disability access at our universities, to making sure that the people who need it can buy affordable housing. Recorded 6 July 2023.