2019 SB 186 Oil Conservation Division Powers & Duties
- CVNM Position:
- Support
- Priority:
- CVNM Priority Vote
- Year:
- 2019
- Sponsors:
-
Richard C. Martinez
Matthew McQueen
- Topics:
- Air Quality
Land
Water - Legislative Info:
- SB 186 on nmlegis.gov »
Description
SB 186 would have allowed the Oil Conservation Division to, when responding to a violation of the Oil & Gas Act, issue a compliance order requiring compliance immediately or within a specified time period or assessing a civil penalty, or both. A compliance order may have also included a suspension or termination of the permit allegedly violated. It specified higher civil penalties for violation of the Act and specified penalties for the violation of a compliance order. It specified that a person knowingly violating the Act has committed a third degree felony. It further required the Oil Conservation Division to report on the number of violations annually.
Outcome
SB 186 died on the Senate Finance Committee calendar. However, its language and the policies it created were inserted into a House bill, which CVNM did not take a position on, and that bill passed both the House and Senate.
How Legislators Voted on SB 186
- = Pro Conservation Vote
- = Anti Conservation Vote
- A = Absent
- E = Excused
- R = Recused
- W = Abstain
Legislator | Party | District | Office | Conservation Vote |
Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Martinez, Richard C. (D) | D | 5 | Senator | 2019 | |
Woods, Pat (R) | R | 7 | Senator | 2019 | |
Lopez, Linda M. (D) | D | 11 | Senator | 2019 | |
O'Neill, Bill B. (D) | D | 13 | Senator | 2019 | |
Ivey-Soto, Daniel A. (D) | D | 15 | Senator | E | 2019 |
Sedillo Lopez, Antoinette (D) | D | 16 | Senator | 2019 | |
Stewart, Mimi (D) | D | 17 | Senator | 2019 | |
Payne, William H. (R) | R | 20 | Senator | 2019 | |
Moores, Mark (R) | R | 21 | Senator | 2019 | |
Wirth, Peter (D) | D | 25 | Senator | 2019 | |
Baca, Gregory A. (R) | R | 29 | Senator | 2019 | |
Cervantes, Joseph (D) | D | 31 | Senator | 2019 | |
Griggs, Ron (R) | R | 34 | Senator | 2019 | |
Soules, William P. (D) | D | 37 | Senator | 2019 | |
Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" (D) | D | 39 | Senator | 2019 | |
McQueen, Matthew (D) | D | 50 | Representative | 2019 |