PROHIBIT CREDIT CARD FEE TIP DEDUCTIONS
HB 22 amends New Mexico's Minimum Wage Act to prohibit employers from deducting credit card processing fees from tips paid via credit card. It requires employers to pay tipped employees the full amount indicated by patrons on credit card slips, without any deductions for fees charged by credit card companies. This directly affects service workers (like servers and bartenders) who receive tips through credit card payments in New Mexico. The bill takes immediate effect as it declares an emergency.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 2, 2025
Last action Jun 3, 2025
Floor votes · House Feb 18, 2025
How they voted
60–5
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 67
Feb 18, 2025
D
Democratic41
95% Yea
R
Republican26
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
DO PASS committee report adopted
upper
Mar 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
DO PASS committee report adopted
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Introduced
Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
passed House
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
DO PASS committee report adopted
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
DO PASS committee report adopted
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced
Sent to House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee & House Commerce & Economic Development Committee
lower
Jan 2, 2025
Introduced
Sent to House Pre-file
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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