Committee advances substitute for HB332 to reauthorize hundreds of capital outlay projects
February 16, 2026 | House of Representatives, Committees, Legislative, New Mexico
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The House Taxation and Revenue Committee advanced a committee substitute for HB332 on a unanimous roll-call vote, clearing a measure that reauthorizes 376 previously authorized capital outlay projects.
The chair described the bill as a committee substitute that "authorizes or reauthorizes 376 capital projects authorized in previous years from various funds," allowing sponsors to extend reversion dates, change the purpose of original appropriations, or change the administrative agency overseeing a project. The chair said common causes of delay include labor shortages, cost escalations, limited capacity and project-readiness problems.
Representative Lindstrom asked whether all projects would be reauthorized for a single uniform period or whether reauthorization would track each project's original expiration date. Kelly Foswell of the Legislative Finance Committee said reauthorizations are generally for the same timeframe with exceptions between construction and equipment appropriations and offered to follow up on specific fiscal-agent questions.
Lindstrom also asked why the McKinley County Navajo Code Talker Museum appeared under the Local Government Division rather than the Indian Affairs Department; staff said they would follow up to confirm the fiscal agent.
Committee members then considered motions to resolve the bill. Representative Terrazas offered the motion as clarified on the floor — a do-not-pass on the original HB332 with a do-pass on the committee substitute — and Representative Silva seconded. The committee recorded a 12–0 vote in favor of the committee substitute.
The committee did not receive in-room public comment on HB332 and expects staff to circulate the reauthorization project charts and any follow-up clarifications to members as the session continues.
The committee’s action advances the committee substitute to the next House floor step; members asked staff to provide follow-ups on several listed projects and their fiscal agents.
The chair described the bill as a committee substitute that "authorizes or reauthorizes 376 capital projects authorized in previous years from various funds," allowing sponsors to extend reversion dates, change the purpose of original appropriations, or change the administrative agency overseeing a project. The chair said common causes of delay include labor shortages, cost escalations, limited capacity and project-readiness problems.
Representative Lindstrom asked whether all projects would be reauthorized for a single uniform period or whether reauthorization would track each project's original expiration date. Kelly Foswell of the Legislative Finance Committee said reauthorizations are generally for the same timeframe with exceptions between construction and equipment appropriations and offered to follow up on specific fiscal-agent questions.
Lindstrom also asked why the McKinley County Navajo Code Talker Museum appeared under the Local Government Division rather than the Indian Affairs Department; staff said they would follow up to confirm the fiscal agent.
Committee members then considered motions to resolve the bill. Representative Terrazas offered the motion as clarified on the floor — a do-not-pass on the original HB332 with a do-pass on the committee substitute — and Representative Silva seconded. The committee recorded a 12–0 vote in favor of the committee substitute.
The committee did not receive in-room public comment on HB332 and expects staff to circulate the reauthorization project charts and any follow-up clarifications to members as the session continues.
The committee’s action advances the committee substitute to the next House floor step; members asked staff to provide follow-ups on several listed projects and their fiscal agents.
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