Update on Redistricting Legislation Activity

Filing of the Redistricting Act

            1. HB211 – Redistricting Act has been filed in the House by Representatives Rebecca Dow,
                Natalie Figueroa, Kelly Fajardo and Joy Garratt. It has been assigned to House State
                Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee. At the bottom is contact information
                for committee members. Please call them and urge them to support HB211 – Redistricting
                Act.  We are told they aren’t paying much attention to emails and the office phones are only
                answered on weekdays, so call then. The Chair of the Committee, Georgene Louis, has already
               signed on as  a co-sponsor as has Committee member Greg Nibert. We have over 15 other co-
               sponsors – both Republicans and Democrats.              

            2. The Senate version of the bill will be filed on Monday by Senators Ortiz y Pino and Moores.
                The Senate has not had a floor session for over a week and you need to have a bill read in
                on the floor before it gets a number and committee assignments. We expect it will go to Senate
                Rules and Senate Judiciary. The vast majority of Senate Rules is also on Judiciary. We will
                send out an alert as soon as we get a bill number.

Redistricting Reform will be the focus of the Virtual Roundhouse on February 2^nd 10 am to noon

            In the 10 am hour:  Lilly Irvin-Vitela. President and Executive Director of New Mexico First        
            and others discussing the recommendations of the Redistricting Task Force

            In the 11 am hour: Fair Districts for New Mexico and the LWVNM will be joined by Senators Ortiz y Pino
            and Moores to discuss legislative strategy for passing redistricting reform. We hope to be
            joined by State Auditor Brian Colon who has signed on as a supporter of Fair Diatricts

Here is the link – you need to register (free) www.virtualroundhousenm.com
           

House State Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee Members

Rep. Georgene Louis -     Chair           505-986- 4329 – co-sponsor – no need to call
Rep. D. Wonda Johnson – Vice Chair 505-986-4433
Rep. Gail Chasey                                505-986- 4411
Rep. Daymon Ely                               505-986-4243
Rep. Doreen Gallegos                         505-986-4774
Rep. Greg Nibert                                505-986-4211 – co-sponsor – no need to call
Rep. Kristina Ortiz                             505-986-4254
Rep. Bill Rehm                                  505-986-4314
Rep. Martin Zamora                           505-986-4211

Note: Please submit all handout to both Committee Assistants at least 24 hours before the hearing cherise.quezada@nmlegis.gov and kevin.humphrey@nmlegis.gov.

Committee link: https://www.nmlegis.gov/Committee/Standing_Committee?CommitteeCode=HSEIC

The link for public comment is on the top of the page.