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AN ACT
RELATING TO LOBBYING; REQUIRING A LOBBYING ACTIVITY REPORT ON
THE LEGISLATION LOBBIED AND POSITION TAKEN BY A LOBBYIST AND
LOBBYIST'S EMPLOYER; PRESERVING LOBBYING ACTIVITY REPORTS FOR
AT LEAST TEN YEARS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. A new section of the Lobbyist Regulation Act
is enacted to read:
"LOBBYING ACTIVITY REPORT.--
A. A lobbyist or lobbyist's employer that is
required to file an expenditure report pursuant to Section
2-11-6 NMSA 1978 or registration statement pursuant to
Section 2-11-3 NMSA 1978 shall file a lobbying activity
report or reports with the secretary of state that discloses
the lobbyist's or lobbyist's employer's lobbying activity on
legislation that has been introduced, including any lobbying
on the development of legislation prior to its introduction
in a legislative session, and that identifies the:
(1) specific legislation lobbied;
(2) lobbyist's and lobbyist's employer's
support, opposition or other position taken on the
legislation and whether the support, opposition or other
position changed; and
(3) name of the lobbyist's employer that HB 143/a
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lobbied on the legislation, either directly or through the
registered lobbyist.
B. If a lobbyist or lobbyist's employer commences
lobbying on legislation after the adjournment of a
legislative session, a lobbying activity report shall be
filed prior to the end of the time period in which the
governor may act on legislation.
C. A lobbyist or lobbyist's employer is only
required to report lobbying activity on a piece of
legislation one time unless the lobbyist's or lobbyist's
employer's position on the legislation has changed, in which
case the lobbying activity for each change in position shall
be reported.
D. The lobbying activity report shall be filed in
a format as prescribed by rule of the secretary of state
within forty-eight hours of commencement of the lobbying
activity.
E. The lobbying activity reported for each
specific piece of legislation shall be included or linked on
the legislature's website for that specific piece of
legislation."
SECTION 2. Section 2-11-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1977,
Chapter 261, Section 7, as amended) is amended to read:
"2-11-7. REGISTRATION, EXPENDITURE AND LOBBYING
ACTIVITY REPORT--PRESERVATION AS PUBLIC RECORD--ONLINE HB 143/a
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REPORTS.--
A. Each registration, expenditure and lobbying
activity report as required by the Lobbyist Regulation Act
shall be archived and accessible on the secretary of state's
lobbyist disclosure website for a period of at least ten
years from the date of filing as a public record, open to
public inspection at any reasonable time. Unless an action
or prosecution is pending that requires preserving the
report, it may be destroyed ten years after the date of
filing.
B. Lobbyist registration, expenditure and lobbying
activity reports shall be kept and maintained on the
secretary of state's lobbyist disclosure website and shall be
available in searchable and downloadable formats.
C. With respect to the secretary of state's
lobbyist disclosure website, all items in the records shall
be easily searchable, sortable and downloadable by the public
to the extent technically practicable.
D. The secretary of state shall ensure that
contributions reported by persons pursuant to the Lobbyist
Regulation Act are reported in a manner that is
nonduplicative and as consistent as practicable with the
reporting requirements of the Campaign Reporting Act. To the
extent possible, the electronic reporting system used for
registration and reporting required by the Lobbyist HB 143/a
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Regulation Act shall be integrated with the electronic
reporting system used for compliance with the Campaign
Reporting Act.
E. Reporting individuals under the Campaign
Reporting Act shall receive automatic electronic notice of
the contributions to them reported by lobbyists and
lobbyists' employers within twenty-four hours of the filing
of each expenditure report."
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
provisions of this act is January 1, 2027.