2019 HB 220 Determination of Discharge Effect on Water
- CVNM Position:
- Support
- Priority:
- CVNM Priority Vote
- Year:
- 2019
- Sponsors:
-
Matthew McQueen
- Topics:
- Water
- Legislative Info:
- HB 220 on nmlegis.gov »
Description
HB 220 would have made technical changes to the law to clarify that discharges’ effect on ground water shall be determined at the place where the discharge enters groundwater, and state and federal groundwater standards shall apply throughout the aquifer affected by the discharge. This was a legislative fix for the "Copper Rule" which currently allows copper mines to exceed groundwater discharge limits.
Outcome
HB 220 died on the calendar of the House Judiciary Committee.
How Legislators Voted on HB 220
- = Pro Conservation Vote
- = Anti Conservation Vote
- A = Absent
- E = Excused
- R = Recused
- W = Abstain
| Legislator | Party | District | Office | Conservation Vote |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akhil, Abbas (D) | D | 20 | Representative | E | 2019 |
| Anderson, Phelps (R) | R | 66 | Representative | 2019 | |
| Ferrary, Joanne J. (D) | D | 37 | Representative | 2019 | |
| McQueen, Matthew (D) | D | 50 | Representative | 2019 | |
| Montoya, Rod (R) | R | 1 | Representative | 2019 | |
| Romero, Andrea A. (D) | D | 46 | Representative | 2019 | |
| Rubio, Angelica (D) | D | 35 | Representative | 2019 | |
| Sariñana, Debra M. (D) | D | 21 | Representative | 2019 | |
| Scott, Larry R. (R) | R | 62 | Representative | 2019 | |
| Small, Nathan P. (D) | D | 36 | Representative | 2019 | |
| Stansbury, Melanie A. (D) | D | 28 | Representative | 2019 | |
| Strickler, James R.J. (R) | R | 2 | Representative | 2019 | |
| Townsend, James G. (R) | R | 54 | Representative | 2019 |