SJR 1 New Mexico Senate · 2026 Regular Session

SCHOOL ELECTION TIMING, CA

This bill proposes removing a constitutional requirement that school elections in New Mexico must be held at separate times from partisan elections. If passed, it would allow school board elections to be scheduled concurrently with other partisan elections, directly affecting school districts and voters participating in local school governance. The key change is deleting the specific phrase "All school elections shall be held at different times from partisan elections" from Article 7, Section 1 of New Mexico's constitution. The amendment must be approved by voters at the next general election.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
Feb 2026
Introduced Jan 22, 2026 Signed Feb 27, 2026
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What changed between versions

introduced version Final Version · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was reformatted from a traditional legislative document to a cleaner, more modern layout. The core policy content remains unchanged - it still proposes amending the New Mexico Constitution to allow school elections to be held at the same time as partisan elections, removing the previous requirement that they be separate.
TECHNICAL

Document formatting changed from traditional legislative markup to a cleaner layout with renumbered sections and removed bracketed deletion markers.

New page headers and footers were added showing 'SJR 1' and page numbers.

Original sponsor names (Linda M. Trujillo and Natalie Figueroa) and session information were removed from the header.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2026 · House Feb 18, 2026

How they voted

350
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 38
Feb 5, 2026
D Democratic22
20 Yea 2
90% Yea
R Republican16
15 Yea 1
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
8
Committee
4
Feb 27, 2026
Signed into law
Signed
executive
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
passed House
lower
Feb 18, 2026
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (47-9-10)
house
Feb 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
DO PASS committee report adopted
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
DO PASS committee report adopted
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Introduced
Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee & House Education Committee
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
passed Senate
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
DO PASS committee report adopted
upper
Jan 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
DO PASS committee report adopted
upper
Jan 22, 2026
Introduced
Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Education Committee
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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