Report on 2008 NM Legis Session
Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, For His
lovingkindness is everlasting. Ps.107:1
Praise the Lord! HB 9 (domestic
partnerships) died in the Senate Judiciary Committee and SB 23 (embryonic stem
cell research) died in the House Judiciary Committee as no further action was
taken on either of them and the 2008 session has ended. SB 185 (teen pregnancy) died in the Senate
Finance Committee. According to the ABQ
Journal on 2/15/08 Governor Richardson will call a special session but only for healthcare
reform.
Two traditional marriage bills were tabled in committee:
Both of these bills were tabled in the House Consumer and Public Affairs
Committee.
HJR
3 - PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 20 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF NM TO
DEFINE MARRIAGE AS BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN.
HB
47 - RELATING TO MARRIAGE; DEFINING MARRIAGE AS A CIVIL CONTRACT BETWEEN
ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN.
HB
76 (Otero County Teen Pregnancy Prevention) never left the House
Appropriations and Finance Committee.
The bill would originally have allocated $100,000 to promote abstinence
education but was amended by HCPAC (public affairs committee) to include
"comprehensive" sex education.
Isa 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil
good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that
put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
What did pass? Bills that passed both
Houses in the 2008 Regular Session:
http://legis.state.nm.us/lcs/legRpt/legisreports14dis.asp
Thank you for your prayers, emails and calls.
Praise the Lord! HB 9 was tabled on a
vote of 6-4 in SJC on February 9, 2008.
Thank You Lord for Your victory, salvation, grace, mercy, forgiveness,
goodness and lovingkindness that You have bestowed on us.
Please thank the following Senators on the Senate Judiciary
Committee who voted to table HB 9. They
took great risk in voting for righteousness.
* Richard C. Martinez, Vice Chair, 986-4389, richard.martinez@nmlegis.gov
* William H. Payne, Ranking Member, 986-4276, william.payne@nmlegis.gov
* Rod Adair, Member, 986-4385, radair@dfn.com
* Kent L. Cravens, Member, 986-4391, klcravens@alphagraphics.com
* Clinton D. Harden, Member, 986-4369, charden@theosogroup.com
* Lidio G. Rainaldi, Member, 986-4310, no email listed
(recipient of BCNM Statesman of the Year Award 2008)
Thanks to all who helped with prayer, testimony, and communications.
Center for Traditional Family Values NM published the following list of NM Representatives who voted for and against HB 9 (same-sex marriage), in the Albuquerque Journal, Feb 10, 2008.
Paid Political Advertisement by the Traditional Values Action Committee
State legislators who voted on final passage of House Bill 9, Domestic Partnership (same-sex marriage) in the NM House of Representatives:
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FOR: Speaker Ben Lujan Majority Leader Ken Martinez Rep. Mimi Stewart Rep. Danice Picraux Rep. Joni Marie Gutierrez Rep. Al Park Rep. Justine Fox-Young Rep. Jim Trujillo Rep. Mary Helen Garria Rep. Antonio Lujan Rep. Miguel P. Garcia Rep. Ernest Chavez Rep. James Roger Madalena Rep. Nick Salazar Rep. Edward Sandoval Rep. Dan Silva Rep. Sheryl Williams Stapleton Rep. Elias Barela Rep. Rick Micra Rep. Joe Cervantes Rep. Nathan Cote Rep. Kathy McCoy Rep. Roberto Gonzales Rep. Antonio Maestas Rep. Henry Kiki Saavedra Rep. Rudy Martinez Rep. John Pena Rep. Jose Campos Rep. Luciano Lucky Varela Rep. Gail Chasey Rep. Peter Wirth Rep. Jeff Steinborn Rep. Thomas Swisstack |
AGAINST: Minority Leader Thomas Taylor Minority Whip Dan Foley Rep. Thomas Anderson Rep. Candy Spence Ezzell Rep. Nora Espinosa Rep. Jane Powdrell-Culbert Rep. Jeanette Wallace Rep. Larry Larranaga Rep. Debbie Rodella Rep. Thomas A. Garcia Rep. Andy Nunez Rep. Anna Crook Rep. Rhonda King Rep. Brian Moore Rep. Don Tripp Rep. William J. Gray Rep. W. C. Dub Williams Rep. Paul Bandy Rep. Richard Vigil Rep. John Heaton Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones Rep. James Strickier Rep. Gloria Vaughn Rep. William Rehm Rep. Dona G. Irwin Rep. Jimmie Hall Rep. Keith Gardner Rep. Donald Bratton Rep. Richard Berry Rep. Shirley Tyler Rep. Teresa Zanetti |
ExcusedReps. Barreras, Begaye, Hanosh, Lundstrom AbsentReps. Hamilton, Youngberg |