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.            Â
           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 2nd 10 am to noon
           In the 10 am hour:  Lilly Irvin-Vitela. President and
Executive Director of New Mexico First       Â
           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
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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.