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Read. Follow. Verify.New Mexico House Bill 112 Adopts Year-Round Daylight Saving Time Pending Federal and Texas Actions
Last action · January 22, 2026: Not PrintedSponsor: John Block
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 112 establishes daylight saving time as the year-round standard of time for New Mexico, contingent upon federal authorization and specific actions taken by Texas or El Paso County, while appropriating $100,000 for state IT system conversions.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
New Mexico residents
department of information technology
The department receives $100,000 in appropriations for fiscal years 2027 and 2028 to convert state IT systems to permanent daylight saving time.
state political subdivisions
All local governments and political subdivisions in New Mexico must adopt daylight saving time as the year-round standard of time.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much money is appropriated for IT upgrades, and which agency receives it?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Jan 22, 2026New Mexico LegislatureNot Printed
Version history
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Regional Contingency Requirement
The legislation uniquely ties its implementation not just to federal authorization, but specifically to actions taken by the neighboring state of Texas or El Paso County.
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Sources
www.nmlegis.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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