New Mexico Counties Allowed to Request Probate Court Elimination Amendment (2020)

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New Mexico Counties Allowed to Request Probate Court Elimination Amendment
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Election date
November 3, 2020
Topic
County and municipal governance
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment
Origin
State legislature


The New Mexico Counties Allowed to Request Probate Court Elimination Amendment was not on the ballot in New Mexico as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 2020.

The ballot measure would have allowed county commissions to request that their county's probate court be closed and its jurisdiction transferred to a state court. The New Mexico Supreme Court would have been responsible for approving or rejecting a county's request.[1]

Text of measure

Constitutional changes

See also: Article VI, New Mexico Constitution

The measure would have amended Section 23 of Article VI 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. Daniel Ivey-Soto (D-15) sponsored the constitutional amendment as Senate Joint Resolution 8 (SJR 8) during the 2019 legislative session.

On March 8, 2019, the New Mexico Senate approved SJR 8, with 29 senators supporting the amendment, nine senators opposing the amendment, and four senators not voting. SJR 8 did not come up for a vote in the state House during the 2019 legislative session.[1]

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