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Read. Follow. Verify.New Mexico Senate Bill 199 authorizes fund disbursements for educational radio equipment
Last action · January 30, 2026: Sent to SCC - Referrals: SCC/SEC/SFCSponsor: Pete Campos
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What This Bill Proposed
New Mexico expands the allowable use of money from the educational television equipment replacement fund to include educational radio stations operated by state higher education institutions or public schools. The measure directs the higher education department to develop criteria and rules for these disbursements and includes an .
Expands equipment funding eligibility for public educational radio stations operated by universities, colleges, or public schools across New Mexico.
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 institutions of higher education operating educational radio stations
State institutions operating educational radio stations become eligible to receive equipment replacement fund disbursements.
Public schools operating educational radio stations
Public schools operating educational radio stations become eligible to receive equipment replacement fund disbursements.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
1 action- Jan 30, 2026SenateCommitteeSent to SCC - Referrals: SCC/SEC/SFC
Version history
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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