[ACLU-NM] Legislative Alert on Privacy bills and SB 103 (No State Funding) and updates

[Kimberly Lavender]

This is a 2nd mailing because I wanted a more accurate "subject"
heading.--joyce


Today our Genetic privacy bill (HB 183) will be heard  in the  House
Judiciary  Committee  at 1:30 in room 309.
        Genetic privacy will prohibit discrimination in employment, housing,
public accommodations and credit based upon genetic information.

We oppose both the  Defense of Marriage Act (HB 445, sponsored by
Representative Gloria Vaughn)  and
the Parental Notification bill (HB 251, sponsored by Representative Larry
Larranaga).
              Both of these bills will be heard  tomorrow,  Tuesday, 2.15,
in the House Consumer  & Public Affairs Committee at 1:30 in room 315.
Please contact your legislators, especially Representatives Irvin Harrison
(Vice Chair of Committee) & Al Park @   505.986.4300.
  The Defense of Marriage Act does not include civil unions.  We support
Senator Cisco McSorley's Domestic Partner  Relationship Act (SB576) .
      The Parental Notification bill would require parental notification for
minors under the age of 18 seeking an abortion
   For a description of the different marriage bills, see our wonderful
Weblog.  Go to our website at www.aclu-nm.org.  Then click on Weblog at the
top of the right column.  It is Legislative Alert #7.

  ***SB103 (INS bill that prohibits state funding for local and state law
enforcement agencies to enforce federal immigration laws) has been referred
to the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee and then to the House
Judiciary Committee.  We need chapter members to work on this bill.  We
cannot lose this in the House; we need 36 votes.  So here are your missions,
Friends:  (The Roundhouse number is 505.986.4300)
           Southern Chapter (Las Cruces area):  Please call Representatives
Joni Gutierrez and Joseph Cervantes;(Alamogordo area)please contact
Representative Terry Marquardt
            Southwestern Chapter (Silver City area):  Please call
Representative Dianne Hamilton
            McKinley Chapter (Gallup area):  Please call Representatives
Irvin Harrison and Ken Martinez
            Central NM Chapter (Albuquerque surrounding areas):  Please call
Representatives Thomas Swisstack, Eric Youngberg and Teresa Zanetti


The 3 bills related to repealing the death penalty passed the House
Judiciary Committee last week, including Repealing the Death Penalty (HB 576
sponsored by Representative Gail Beam) 4-2,

The Financial Privacy bill (HB364, sponsored by Representative Danice
Picraux) will  probably be  killed  tomorrow,Tuesday, 2.15, in House
Business & Industry Committee

The House Judiciary Committee killed our RFID (HB215, Radio Frequency
Identification Devices) bill Friday, but we'll be back on this issue in two
years.


 Go to our website at www.aclu-nm.org.  Then click on Weblog at the  top of
the right column.

 Joyce
Joyce Briscoe aclunmpr at comcast.net

Legislative and Public Education Advocate, ACLU-NM

PO Box 80915
Albuquerque, NM 87198
go to our website at www.aclu-nm.org




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