New Mexico College Regent Nominating Committees Amendment (2020)
| New Mexico College Regent Nominating Committees Amendment | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Education | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The New Mexico College Regent Nominating Committees Amendment was not on the ballot in New Mexico as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 2020.
The ballot measure would have created regent nominating committees for 10 schools, including seven colleges and universities, tasked with providing the governor with lists of at least three nonstudent candidates to serve as regents for their school. The ballot measure would have had the governor, with the consent of the state Senate, select a candidate from the list to serve as a regent.[1]
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article IV, New Mexico Constitution
The measure would have amended Section 13 of Article XII of the New Mexico Constitution.[1]
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the New Mexico Constitution
In New Mexico, both chambers of the New Mexico State Legislature need to approve a constitutional amendment by a simple majority during one legislative session to refer the amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.
Sen. Jeff Steinborn (D-36) sponsored the constitutional amendment as Senate Joint Resolution 6 (SJR 6) during the 2019 legislative session.
On March 8, 2019, the New Mexico Senate approved SJR 6, with 24 senators supporting the amendment, 15 senators opposing the amendment, and three senators not voting. SJR 6 did not come up for a vote in the state House during the 2019 legislative session.[1]
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