SJR 7 New Mexico Senate · 2026 Regular Session

SANTA FE PROPERTY EXCHANGE

SJR 7 is a joint resolution ratifying an exchange of property between the New Mexico General Services Department and the City of Santa Fe. It approves the state giving up five parcels of land (totaling ~19 acres) in Santa Fe's midtown area (valued at $6.5 million) for one city-owned parcel (34.97 acres) at 4491 Cerrillos Road. This exchange requires legislative approval under state law (NMSA 1978 §13-6-3) because the state property's value exceeds $550,000. The resolution was signed into law on February 27, 2026, after passing the Senate.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Feb 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Signed into Law

Feb 2026

Introduced Feb 11, 2026 Signed Feb 27, 2026

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What changed between versions

introduced version → Final Version · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was restructured from a Senate Joint Resolution to a standard Joint Resolution and significantly reorganized its content. The substantive policy content regarding the property exchange between the General Services Department and the City of Santa Fe remains the same, though the formatting and organization of the legal descriptions for the five property tracts were substantially revised.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains unchanged; it still ratifies and approves the same property exchange between state and city entities.

TECHNICAL

The document title and header were changed from 'SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION' to 'JOINT RESOLUTION' with updated legislative session information.

The WHEREAS clauses were reorganized and condensed, removing redundant legal citations and streamlining the narrative about the property exchange agreement.

The legal descriptions of the five property tracts (Tract A, B, D, 3, and O-1) were completely rewritten with different formatting, coordinate systems, and measurement styles, though the underlying property boundaries appear to be the same.

Page numbering and layout formatting were standardized, removing bracketed deletion markers and underscored insertion markers used in the draft version.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2026 · House Feb 18, 2026

How they voted

37–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 38

Feb 15, 2026

D Democratic22

22 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican16

15 Yea 1

93% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Feb 27, 2026

Signed into law

Signed

executive

Feb 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

passed House

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

DO PASS committee report adopted

lower

Feb 16, 2026

Introduced

Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee

lower

Feb 15, 2026

Upper · Passed

passed Senate

upper

Feb 15, 2026

Upper · Passed

DO PASS committee report adopted

upper

Feb 11, 2026

Introduced

Sent to Senate Rules Committee

upper

4 primary · 0 co-sponsors