[LWVNM Action] Some new bills of interest

[Akkana Peck]

Happy first day of the session! I noticed a few new bills that might go on our tracking sheet.

Health care:

SB12 	OUT-OF-STATE TELEHEALTH PROVIDERS
(Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, SHPAC/SJC)
We were expecting a bill on this. It's certainly needed.

Voting & Elections

SB16 	NON-MAJOR PARTY VOTERS IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS
(Natalie Figueroa, Peter Wirth, SRC/SJC)
I haven't finished reading this one, but the introduction sounds good.

Environment

SB23 	OIL & GAS ROYALTY RATE CHANGES
I'm sure the Environment committee is on top of this one so I'll leave it to them to say if it's a good bill.

Education

SB13 	STATE-TRIBAL EDUCATION COMPACT SCHOOLS ACT
I haven't read this one either, but our Education experts can tell us if it's a good bill, maybe helping with Yazzie-Martinez?

Crime

SB18 	CRIME OF SWATTING
(Craig W. Brandt, SJC/SFC)
I think this is covered by quite a few of the items in our Administration of Justice position; if it's not obvious, I could go into more detail. I'd really like to see a bill making police departments accountable for swatting so they'd be more cautious, but I guess that isn't very likely.

SB20 	INCREASE CIGARETTE & TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAXES
(Martin Hickey, STBTC/SFC)
I haven't read it but since Dick mentioned alcohol taxes I thought I'd mention this similar one.