2021 SB 86 Use of Water for Oil & Gas Operations

CVNM Position:
Support
Year:
2021
Sponsors:
Antoinette Sedillo Lopez
Elizabeth Stefanics
Topics:
Environmental Justice
Land
Water
Legislative Info:
SB 86 on nmlegis.gov »

Description

SB 86 would have made it illegal for oil and gas operators to spill produced water, wastewater produced in oil extraction.

Outcome

SB 86 passed the Senate Conservation Committee but died on the calendar of the Senate Judiciary Committee.


How Legislators Voted on SB 86


  • = Pro Conservation Vote
  • = Anti Conservation Vote
  • A = Absent
  • E = Excused
  • R = Recused
  • W = Abstain
Legislator Party District Office Conservation
Vote
Year
Cervantes, Joseph (D) D 31 Senator 2021
Hamblen, Carrie (D) D 38 Senator 2021
Pope, Harold (D) D 23 Senator 2021
Sedillo Lopez, Antoinette (D) D 16 Senator 2021
Soules, William P. (D) D 37 Senator 2021
Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" (D) D 39 Senator 2021
Gallegos, David M. (R) R 41 Senator 2021
Neville, Steven P. (R) R 2 Senator 2021
Schmedes, Gregg (R) R 19 Senator 2021