STUDY SANTA TERESA BORDER CROSSING FEE
This House Memorial (HM 66) requests the New Mexico Department of Transportation to study the feasibility of implementing a border crossing fee at the Santa Teresa port of entry. The study would examine legal authority, impacts on trade competitiveness, potential fee structures, economic effects on the Santa Teresa region, and infrastructure needs for the next 20 years. It does not propose a fee but seeks a report evaluating whether such a fee could fund infrastructure improvements for this major international trade corridor. The study must include input from local governments, stakeholders, and federal agencies before a November 2026 deadline.
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
Mar 2026
Introduced Feb 17, 2026
Signed Mar 9, 2026
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The bill was reformatted from a traditional House Memorial format to a more modern, structured layout with clearer section numbering. The substantive content regarding the request to study a border crossing fee at the Santa Teresa Port of Entry remains unchanged, though the language was slightly refined for clarity and flow.
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The bill's layout was reorganized from a multi-column, bracketed amendment style to a clean, single-column format with sequential line numbers, improving readability without altering the policy content.
Minor text refinements were made throughout the WHEREAS clauses to improve sentence structure and remove redundant phrasing, such as clarifying the department's role in supporting public safety and economic development.
The resolution clauses were renumbered and slightly reworded for consistency, but the core requirements for the study - legal authority, federal coordination, economic impacts, fee structures, infrastructure needs, and revenue dedication options - remain identical.
Floor votes · House Feb 19, 2026
How they voted
56–0
Passed · 10 other
Total votes 66
Feb 19, 2026
D
Democratic40
82% Yea
R
Republican26
88% Yea
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Committee
1
Mar 9, 2026
Signed into law
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executive
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
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Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
DO PASS committee report adopted
lower
Feb 17, 2026
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Sent to House Transportation, Public Works & Capital Improvements Committee
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2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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