The AHS Record
New Mexico Legislature 2019 Ends
By: John Sais
As the State of New Mexico’s 60-day legislative session wraps up on March 16, 2019, House Bill 356 also known as the Cannabis Regulation Act didn’t pass the Senate and never reached to the Governor’s desk. The Cannabis Regulation Act is a bill to legalize recreational marijuana in New Mexico.
According to the KOB 4 website Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham reflects on the legislature along with others from the House and Senate Chambers. Her reaction was very positive how the legislature created good outcomes for our state and some others are disappointed that some bills that they desire never reached to her desk.
However, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican, Senate Bill 404 passed that would make medical cannabis cards good for three years. The Bills that reached to the governor’s desk was House Bill 6 that would increase tax on tobacco products. Many more bills had passed but another one was House Bill 56 which would make Prostitution as a delinquent act. To see all bills that passed go to www.nmlegis.gov for more details.
The bills that didn’t reach the governor’s desk were to decriminalize abortion in New Mexico.
AHS student Anastasia Smith share’s her thought about House Bill 356 to legalize marijuana she says, “I think it’s wrong for them not to make marijuana legal, other states are legalizing marijuana to create a good revenue for other states, Smith says.
AHS Freshman Randy Sanchez to ask about what he thinks about the legislature he says, “I wish they could have done better,” Sanchez says.
As of right now we have to see if the legislature has created good outcomes for our state and our representatives who represented the bills that failed will try again in the New Mexico Legislature 2020.
New Mexico & Daylight Savings Time
By Randy Sanchez
Should New Mexico stay on Daylight Savings Time?
Should New Mexico stay on Daylight Savings Time? History fact, according to Time and Date changing the time in America was an idea by Benjamin Franklin he wrote in 1784 that would make people go to bed earlier but above all it was joke made up by Franklin.
The State of New Mexico Legislature 2019 has introduced Senate Bill 226 that would keep New Mexico only on Daylight Savings Time, so New Mexicans would not have to participate in changing the time twice a year.
According to Kob 4 ABQ News State Lawmaker Cliff Pirtle introduced the bill during the 2019 Legislature that would keep New Mexico on Daylight Savings Time. Other states such as Arizona and Hawaii don’t participate in changing the time year-round and California passed a similar bill.
Students at AHS share their thoughts, “I think it’s great to keep New Mexico on Daylight Savings Time,. We may get up in the dark to go to school but school personnel can change school hours,” says John Sais, 9 grader.
“It’s about time we leave the time alone,” says David Nerhood.
“I agree with staying on daylight savings time all year round" says Ms. Strickland.
If the Governor signs this bill, New Mexico will stay on Daylight Savings Time beginning January 2020. As of right now the bill is at the House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee at the State Capital in Santa Fe, New Mexico go to the New Mexico Legislature to stay on top of this bill and other bills in the legislature.