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Read. Follow. Verify.House Bill 121 Updates State Investment Standards and Fund Management Rules
Last action · January 22, 2026: Not PrintedSponsor: Sarah Silva
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What This Bill Proposed
State investment standards and fund management rules are updated across multiple accounts managed by the state investment officer under House Bill 121. The legislation adopts the prudent investor rule for several permanent and trust funds, adjusts the annual reversion deadline for unreserved agency fund balances, and raises the cost threshold for capital development project funding.
State agencies and the Department of Finance and Administration face altered timelines for fund reversions and updated investment criteria starting July 1, 2026.
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.
State Investment Council
The council's oversight responsibilities and investment standards for multiple permanent and trust funds are standardized under the prudent investor rule.
State agencies
Unreserved and undesignated fund balances in reverting accounts are subject to an accelerated reversion deadline of August 31.
Key Facts
- The bill applies the prudent investor rule set forth in the Uniform Prudent Investor Act to multiple state funds, including the tobacco settlement permanent fund, opioid settlement restricted fund, colonias infrastructure trust fund, water trust fund, and conservation legacy permanent fund.
- The capital development program fund is moved to the state treasury, and the total cost threshold for funding capital projects directly is increased from five million dollars to twenty-five million dollars.
- Section 6-8-6 NMSA 1978 is repealed.
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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
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Standardization of Prudent Investor Rule
The legislation systematically removes varied historical constitutional and statutory investment limitations across multiple New Mexico permanent and trust funds, replacing them uniformly with the Uniform Prudent Investor Act.
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Sources
www.nmlegis.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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