2025HB14

Growing a Costly Welfare-Style Tax Credit

2025 - New Mexico Senate

Conservatives Oppose

Description

This bill expands the Earned Income Tax Credit, increasing refundable payouts that function more like direct welfare spending than broad-based tax relief. CPAC supports tax cuts but opposes expanding refundable credits that grow dependency and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-03-20 by a vote of 36-1. The House passed this bill on 2025-03-15 by a vote of 40-27. The Governor vetoed this bill.

36

Voted Yes

1

Voted No

5

Did Not Vote

Legislators · 42

LegislatorVote
Heather Berghmans

NM

Leftist
Jay Block

NM

Leftist
Pat Boone

NM

Leftist
Craig Brandt

NM

Did Not Vote
Crystal Diamond

NM

Leftist
Pete Campos

NM

Leftist
Joseph Cervantes

NM

Did Not Vote
Angel Charley

NM

Leftist
Katy Duhigg

NM

Did Not Vote
Candy Ezzell

NM

Leftist
Natalie Figueroa

NM

Leftist
David Gallegos

NM

Leftist
Roberto Gonzales

NM

Leftist
Carrie Hamblen

NM

Leftist
Martin Hickey

NM

Leftist
Leo Jaramillo

NM

Leftist
Steve Lanier

NM

Leftist
Linda Lopez

NM

Leftist
Antoinette Sedillo Lopez

NM

Leftist
Antonio Maestas

NM

Did Not Vote
George Munoz

NM

Leftist
Cindy Nava

NM

Did Not Vote
Debbie O'Malley

NM

Leftist
Michael Padilla

NM

Leftist
Nicholas Paul

NM

Leftist
Shannon Pinto

NM

Leftist
Harold Pope

NM

Leftist
Gabriel Ramos

NM

Leftist
Joshua Sanchez

NM

Leftist
Larry Scott

NM

Leftist
William Sharer

NM

Leftist
Benny Shendo

NM

Leftist
William Soules

NM

Leftist
Elizabeth Stefanics

NM

Leftist
Jeff Steinborn

NM

Leftist
Mimi Stewart

NM

Leftist
Anthony Thornton

NM

Conservative
Nicole Tobiassen

NM

Leftist
James Townsend

NM

Leftist
Linda Trujillo

NM

Leftist
Peter Wirth

NM

Leftist
Pat Woods

NM

Leftist

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