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Read. Follow. Verify.New Mexico Senate Bill 76 Increases Gasoline and Special Fuel Excise Taxes
Last action · February 17, 2026: SFC: Reported by committee with Do Not Pass but with a Do Pass recommendation on Committee SubstitutionSponsors: Heather Berghmans and 4 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate Bill 76 raises the state gasoline tax from 17 cents to 20 cents per gallon and the from 21 cents to 25 cents per gallon, effective 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.
Motorists in New Mexico
Fuel distributors in New Mexico
Distributors are subject to the revised per-gallon excise tax rates on gasoline and special fuel received or used in the state.
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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
4 actions- Feb 17, 2026SenateSFC: Reported by committee with Do Not Pass but with a Do Pass recommendation on Committee Substitution
- Feb 13, 2026SenateSTBTC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation
- Jan 23, 2026SenateSCC: Reported by committee to fall within the purview of a 30 day session
- Jan 22, 2026SenateCommitteeSent to SCC - Referrals: SCC/STBTC/SFC
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy75Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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