2013 HB 259 Recover Damages For Natural Resource Injuries
- CVNM Position:
- Support
- Priority:
- CVNM Priority Vote
- Year:
- 2013
- Sponsors:
-
Emily Kane
- Topics:
- Environmental Justice
Water
Wildlife & Habitat Conservation - Legislative Info:
- HB 259 on nmlegis.gov »
Description
HB 259 was crafted around the “polluter pays” principle, which holds that no one should be able to damage or destroy public resources without making compensation. This measure would have allowed the state Natural Resources Trustee to pursue, within strict limits, an entity that damages resources held in trust for all New Mexicans. It maintained all current options for the state through federal law (e.g. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act or CERCLA), and prohibits double penalties.
Outcome
HB 259 died in the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
How Legislators Voted on HB 259
- = Pro Conservation Vote
- = Anti Conservation Vote
- A = Absent
- E = Excused
- R = Recused
- W = Abstain
| Legislator | Party | District | Office | Conservation Vote |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easley, Stephen (D) | D | 50 | Representative | 2013 | |
| Egolf, Brian F. (D) | D | 47 | Representative | 2013 | |
| Gonzales, Roberto "Bobby" J. (D) | D | 42 | Representative | E | 2013 |
| Kane, Emily (D) | D | 15 | Representative | 2013 | |
| Madalena, James Roger (D) | D | 65 | Representative | 2013 | |
| McCamley, Bill (D) | D | 33 | Representative | 2013 | |
| Steinborn, Jeff (D) | D | 35 | Representative | 2013 | |
| Bratton, Donald E. (R) | R | 62 | Representative | 2013 | |
| Ezzell, Candy Spence (R) | R | 58 | Representative | 2013 | |
| Gray, William "Bill" J. (R) | R | 54 | Representative | 2013 | |
| Lewis, Tim D. (R) | R | 60 | Representative | 2013 | |
| Strickler, James R.J. (R) | R | 2 | Representative | 2013 |