2015 HB 494 Community Health Study Fund & Uranium Mining
- CVNM Position:
- Support
- Year:
- 2015
- Sponsors:
-
Georgene Louis
Benny Shendo Jr.
- Topics:
- Environmental Justice
- Legislative Info:
- HB 494 on nmlegis.gov »
Description
Pollution, like legacy waste sites from uranium mining, not only endangers natural resources but also poses severe risks to public health. However, there is currently no process in place to study the impacts that environmental degradation has on the quality of health over time. HB 494 (and its companion SB 610) began to address this by creating a community health study fund, paid for by fines assessed to companies directly responsible for contamination.
Outcome
HB 494 died in the House Health Committee. SB 610 died in the Senate Conservation Committee.
How Legislators Voted on HB 494
- = Pro Conservation Vote
- = Anti Conservation Vote
- A = Absent
- E = Excused
- R = Recused
- W = Abstain
| Legislator | Party | District | Office | Conservation Vote |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong, Deborah A. (D) | D | 17 | Representative | 2015 | |
| Chasey, Gail (D) | D | 18 | Representative | 2015 | |
| Fajardo, Kelly K. (R) | R | 7 | Representative | 2015 | |
| Louis, Georgene (D) | D | 26 | Representative | 2015 | |
| Madalena, James Roger (D) | D | 65 | Representative | 2015 | |
| McMillan, Terry (R) | R | 37 | Representative | 2015 | |
| Nunez, Andy (R) | R | 36 | Representative | 2015 | |
| Salazar, Nick L. (D) | D | 40 | Representative | E | 2015 |
| Tripp, Don (R) | R | 49 | Representative | 2015 | |
| Zimmerman, John (R) | R | 39 | Representative | 2015 |