NM sponsor of vetoed disaster funding bill says he will try again next year

House Bill 180 would have required the governor to hold a special session to spend more on disasters than the Legislature allocated.

By: Patrick Lohmann

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: March 12, 2026

Words: 504

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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The sponsor of a disaster funding overhaul that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham vetoed this week defended the bill as necessary to rein in runaway emergency spending and said he’d re-introduce it during the 2027 legislative session.

House Bill 180, which Reps. Harlan Vincent (R-Ruidoso Downs) and Susan Herrera (D-Embudo) sponsored during the 2026 legislative session, sought to update the state’s disaster funding system that has changed little in the past 70 years and restore …

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