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Read. Follow. Verify.New Mexico Senate Requests Study Work Group for Public Employees Retirement Association Fund Solvency and Retiree Cost-of-Living Adjustments
Last action · February 17, 2026: Passed in the Senate - Y:42 N:0Sponsors: Cynthia Borrego and 8 others
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What This Bill Proposed
The New Mexico Senate requests that the legislative finance committee create a nine-member work group to study the public employees retirement association fund, examine the impacts of 2020 changes on retirees, and deliver recommendations by December 31, 2026.
Public retirees and state employees face potential changes to their pension benefit formulas, compounding annual s, and retirement program requirements as the work group evaluates how to address the fund's .
- Senate Bill 72 was passed during the 2020 regular legislative session, altering cost-of-living adjustments and suspending them for three years for approximately 30,000 public retirees in New Mexico. context
- The Public Employees Retirement Association manages retirement and survivor benefits for state, municipal, and educational employees throughout New Mexico. context
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.
public retirees
Retirees may experience changes to their cost-of-living adjustment formulas, pension benefit calculations, and overall financial stability based on the study's recommendations.
public employees
Active public employees may see future adjustments to benefit formulas, retirement program requirements, and contribution rules.
Public Employees Retirement Association
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This resolution did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the Senate.
Procedural history
3 actions- Feb 17, 2026SenateFloorPassed in the Senate - Y:42 N:0
- Feb 15, 2026SenateSRC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation
- Feb 13, 2026SenateCommitteeSent to SRC - Referrals: SRC
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Re-evaluation of 2020 Pension Reforms
The memorial signals legislative interest in reviewing and potentially reversing or modifying the cost-of-living adjustment restrictions enacted via Senate Bill 72 in 2020.
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Sources
www.nmlegis.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy35Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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