Thank you to HB200 bill sponsors

Rep. Matthew McQueen, Rep. Nathan Small, Sen. Mimi Stewart, Sen. Siah Correa Hemphill

House Bill 200 passed the Senate floor yesterday by a vote of 26-15! The bill will now be signed into law by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham.

HB200 is an essential step in bringing good governance to NM Unit Fund spending. Our communities have been waiting for more than a decade to access this funding for critical water supply projects. Now we can stop the waste of millions of dollars on a failed Gila diversion project and move forward with rapid and efficient disbursement of funding to priority water projects in southwest New Mexico.

Many thanks to bill sponsors Representative Matthew McQueen, Representative Nathan Small, Senator Mimi Stewart, and Senator Siah Correa Hemphill who worked so hard to get HB200 through the legislature.

Please join with us in showing our appreciation for their efforts by sending a brief message to thank them. Sign onto the letter below and add your personal note in the comments to the right.
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Gila Conservation Coalition
, NM

To: Rep. Matthew McQueen, Rep. Nathan Small, Sen. Mimi Stewart, Sen. Siah Correa Hemphill
From: [Your Name]

We are writing to thank you for sponsoring HB200 that fast-tracks funding from the NM Unit Fund to priority water projects in southwest New Mexico and prohibits wasteful spending on the failed Gila River diversion project.

We greatly appreciate your hard work getting HB200 passed this session. We look forward to implementation of good governance practice in how NM Unit Funds are expended and rapid disbursement of those funds to critically-needed water projects. We are thrilled that HB200 also stops funding for the unaffordable Gila River diversion project that would harm New Mexico's last wild river and impact the local outdoor recreation economy.

Thank you for your commitment to building water supply security in southwest New Mexico and to protection of the Gila River.