2007 SB 880 NM Environmental Health Act

CVNM Position:

Support

Priority:

CVNM Priority Vote

Year:

2007

Sponsors:

Linda M. Lopez
Miguel P. Garcia

Topics:

Environmental Justice

Legislative Info:

SB 880 on nmlegis.gov »

Description

SB880 and its companion HB888 would have helped ensure that all communities in New Mexico are treated equally in decisions about where to locate pollution-causing industrial projects, regardless of their ethnic, socioeconomic, or cultural makeup.

Outcome

SB880 died in the Senate. After HB888 died in the House, Rep. Miguel Garcia elected to introduce a memorial (HM97) which requests the Environment Department to study how to effectively address the cumulative and social impacts of its decisions. HM97 passed the House (45-17).