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Legislation

Every jurisdiction in this catalog has entries whose figures move when a bill passes, whose act takes effect on a later date, or whose program is repealed while its agency keeps advertising it. This page watches each jurisdiction's law, follows a bill through its own jurisdiction's process where its stages are recorded, and names the catalog entries each instrument touches.

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Choosing a jurisdiction overrides the level. Stage is where the bill stands in its own jurisdiction's process. Direction is whether it expands or restricts benefits, recorded only where the reason can be read from the bill. Outcome is whether the instrument became law; catalog status is whether this catalog has been reconciled against it. None of this is legal advice, and a tracked item is a pointer to the official record rather than a substitute for reading it.

2 instruments in New Mexico. Tracked across 51 jurisdictions. Every other jurisdiction on the board is still watched by hand.

A bill that died is listed only where a guide, an agency, or a news story has described it as current law. That is the failure that puts a number in front of a veteran which no assessor, registrar, or school will honor.

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Laws 2026, ch. 9 (HB 285) Required continuous occupancy for the disabled veteran exemption, deleted the any-time claim rule and added a protest route for pending VA claims

Needs reviewEnactedScope changed

Signed 2026-02-25Takes effect 2026-02-25

Introduced Done, 2026-02-02, step 1 of 6
In committee Done, 2026-02-03, step 2 of 6
Passed one chamber Done, 2026-02-12, step 3 of 6
Passed both chambers Done, 2026-02-18, step 4 of 6
Signed by the governor Done, 2026-02-25, step 5 of 6
In effect Done, 2026-02-25, step 6 of 6

Expands and restricts Requires continuous occupancy and moves the claim deadline to thirty days after the notice of value, but adds a protest route for a veteran whose VA claim is pending.

Amended NMSA 1978, §§ 7-37-5.1, 7-38-17, 7-38-21 and 7-38-24 with an emergency clause. The disabled veteran must occupy the property "continuously" as a principal residence under department regulations; two disabled veteran owners use the higher percentage. It deleted former § 7-38-17(H), which since 2023 had let a disabled veteran file proof of eligibility at any time in the tax year, so the claim is now due thirty days after the notice of value, and added § 7-38-17(E)(2), which lets a veteran with a pending VA claim protest and attach VA's notice of receipt. The new paragraph cites that notice as "35 U.S.C. 5103"; it is 38 U.S.C. 5103. Signed February 25, 2026. Flagged because DVS Form 1 (revised March 2025) and 3.6.6.13 NMAC (July 2024) both predate it, and the rule predates the proportional exemption itself.

Laws 2023, ch. 85 (SB 147) Repealed the veteran employment tax credit

Needs reviewEnactedProgram repealed

Signed 2023-03-30Takes effect 2023-07-01

Introduced Done, 2023-01-19, step 1 of 6
In committee Done, 2023-01-19, step 2 of 6
Passed one chamber Done, 2023-03-02, step 3 of 6
Passed both chambers Done, 2023-03-13, step 4 of 6
Signed by the governor Done, 2023-03-30, step 5 of 6
In effect Done, 2023-07-01, step 6 of 6

Restricts benefits Repealed the income tax credits of up to $1,000 for an employer that hires a recently discharged veteran.

Section 28 of the act repealed NMSA 1978, §§ 7-2-18.28 and 7-2A-27, the personal and corporate income tax credits of up to $1,000 for hiring a recently discharged veteran, effective July 1, 2023. Signed March 30, 2023. Flagged because the Department of Veterans' Services' benefits page and the Army benefits library still advertise the credit.

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