HB 209 New Mexico House · 2025 Regular Session

SUNSHINE PORTAL FUND CREATION LINKS

HB 209 requires the Sunshine Portal website to include direct links to the exact state law that created each government fund, making it easier for the public to find the legal basis for state spending. This amendment modifies Section 10-16D-3 of New Mexico law, specifically adding a requirement in subsection D(22) for the portal to link users directly to statutory provisions establishing funds. The bill affects state agencies responsible for maintaining the portal and the public seeking transparency about how taxpayer dollars are allocated. It does not change fund creation or operations but improves access to the legal foundation of state financial accounts.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Vetoed
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 29, 2025 Vetoed Apr 14, 2025
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introduced version Final Version · 12 edits
MAJOR
This bill amends New Mexico's Sunshine Portal statute to modernize the portal's requirements and expand the types of financial and operational information that must be publicly available. It adds new categories of data including contract details, revenue sources, budget adjustments, and employee position directories, while updating the portal's purpose to enhance governmental transparency and taxpayer accountability.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of information required on the Sunshine Portal from basic financial data to include detailed contract information, employee position directories, open meeting trackers, and links to various state regulatory and administrative resources.
REQUIREMENT

Added requirement for the Sunshine Portal to include detailed contract information including recipient names, purposes, amounts expended, and links to contract documents and resident certificates used in contract awards.

Added requirement to publish state revenue by source (taxes, fees, fines) received in the preceding month.

Added requirement to disclose special appropriations received outside the general appropriation act by each state agency.

Added requirement to publish approved budget adjustment requests by state agency and affected budget category.

Added requirement to publish quarterly consensus revenue estimates.

Added requirement to publish reversions and cash balances by state agency and fund.

Added requirement to publish appropriations for capital projects identified by project location, type, and funding source.

Added requirement to publish directories of employee positions (both exempt and non-exempt) with agency, title, salary, and for exempt positions, the individual's name.

Added requirement to publish information relating to local education providers compiled by the public education department.

Added requirement to provide links to open meeting tracker, regulation and licensing department, state auditor's website, New Mexico statutes, administrative code, secretary of state's lobbyist regulation website, and fiscal health summary.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date of the act from an unspecified date to December 31, 2025.

TECHNICAL

Removed the original bill title and sponsor information, replacing them with the formal act title and statutory language.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 21, 2025 · House Mar 10, 2025

How they voted

370
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
Mar 21, 2025
D Democratic24
23 Yea 1
95% Yea
R Republican16
14 Yea 2
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Apr 14, 2025
Vetoed
Pocket Veto
executive
Mar 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
passed Senate
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
DO PASS committee report adopted
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Introduced
Sent to Senate Finance Committee
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
passed House
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
DO PASS committee report adopted
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Introduced
Sent to House Judiciary Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Rebecca Dow
RRepublican
NM
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