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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Armstrong/Dow
LAST UPDATED
ORIGINAL DATE 2/19/2025
SHORT TITLE State Mineral
BILL
NUMBER House Bill 411
ANALYST Rodriguez
ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL OPERATING BUDGET IMPACT*
(dollars in thousands)
Agency/Program
FY25 FY26 FY27
3 Year
Total Cost
Recurring or
Nonrecurring
Fund
Affected
No fiscal
impact
No fiscal
impact
No fiscal
impact
Parentheses ( ) indicate expenditure decreases.
*Amounts reflect most recent analysis of this legislation.
Sources of Information
LFC Files
Agency Analysis Received From
Higher Education Department (HED) Tourism Department (NMTD) Agency Analysis was Solicited but Not Received From
Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD)
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMIMT)
Western New Mexico University (WNMU)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of House Bill 411
House Bill 411 (HB411) establishes smithsonite as the official state mineral of New Mexico
This bill does not contain an effective date and, as a result, would go into effect 90 days after the
Legislature adjourns if enacted, or June 20, 2025.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
HB411 contains no appropriation and has no known fiscal implications.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
The following was summarized from a report from the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and
Mineral Resources, a research division of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology: House Bill 411 – Page 2
Smithsonite is one of the most beautiful and internationally recognized minerals from
New Mexico. The mineral can be found in at least 25 mining districts in the state with the
most significant smithsonite-producing deposits in the Magdalena and Fierro-Hanover
mining districts. The immediate recognition of smithsonite is almost solely due to the
beautiful blue-to-green hues of specimens, although they can range from white, gray,
yellow, brown, blue, and green. In American Mineral Treasures, a widely accepted
consensus of the 50 most important mineral specimen-producing localities in the United
States, the Magdalena mining district was the sole locality included from New Mexico.
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