Another crazy bill to be heard early next week

The theme of the 2025 legislative session so far is that Democrats who control majorities in both houses are going to push their biggest, worst bills as quickly through the 60 day session as possible.

We already know Paid Family Leave (HB 11) will be heard on Monday (click here to push back on that).

Net Zero is coming up on Tuesday (SB 4) which would make New Mexico “net zero” in terms of CO2 emissions (and destroy our economy) is up for its first committee assignment in (Senate Conservation Committee).

According to Stanford University reaching net zero globally would cost $120 TRILLION. Of course, many of the biggest polluting nations in the world (China and India to name two) have ZERO interest in net-zero and will continue to grow their economies and their CO2 emissions regardless of what happens in New Mexico. Of course, the US as a whole continues to see reductions in CO2 emissions even in the midst of an oil and gas boom which has its epicenter in NM.

These bills are BOTH rated -8 in RGF’s Freedom Index.