Senate Majority Whip Mimi Stewart on Thursday announced that the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget passed by the Legislature included $875,000 to start an important, voluntary professional development opportunity in the summer for teachers who teach reading to younger students.

Sen. Mimi Stewart’s Wildlife Trafficking Act passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday and is now headed to the governor to be signed into law. Passage of the bill has an increased urgency this year as the devastating outbreak of COVID-19, a lethal strain of the coronavirus, has been linked to the sale of wildlife in a market in China.

After two hours of late-night debate, the Senate just after midnight Wednesday, passed HB 364, the first-ever and much-needed update to the state’s Public Employee Bargaining Act so that state workers have the support they need to keep New Mexico running.

SB 110, Sen. Majority Whip Mimi Stewart’s revised bill to improve and update the Public Employees Bargaining Act to help public employees better negotiate contracts with the state, passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday. The revisions to the bill will level the playing field to help public employees better negotiate contracts with public sector employers.

Sen. Mimi Stewart’s legislation to re-instate the solar tax credit in New Mexico, which Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has listed among her legislative priorities this session, is now headed to the full Senate for a vote after passing the Senate Finance Committee on Friday evening.

Sen. Mimi Stewart’s Wildlife Trafficking Act is headed to its final vote by the full House of Representatives after it passed the House Judiciary Committee 10-2 on Saturday. Passage of the bill has an increased urgency this year as the devastating outbreak of COVID-19, a lethal strain of the coronavirus, has been linked to the sale of wildlife in a market in China.

Sen. Mimi Stewart’s Wildlife Trafficking Act is headed to the House of Representatives after it passed the Senate on Saturday by a vote of 22-9, bringing New Mexico one step closer to stopping the trafficking of endangered species and animal parts, which primarily enter the state through the El Paso Port of Entry.

Sen. Mimi Stewart’s The Wildlife Trafficking Act is headed to the Senate floor for a vote after it passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, bringing New Mexico one step closer to stopping the trafficking of endangered species and animal parts, which primarily enter the state through the El Paso Port of Entry.

Sen. Mimi Stewart’s legislation to re-instate the solar tax credit in New Mexico, which Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has listed among her legislative priorities this session, passed the Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee on Monday, by a vote of 7-2.

The Senate Education Committee on Monday unanimously passed Sen. Mimi Stewart’s bill to create a voluntary professional development program to help teachers better work with students learning to read.