Introducing the New Mexico Impact Lab: 48,000 bills, now searchable
Two databases go live: every state bill from 1996–2026, and a lobbyist-to-employer index — and what the records already show.
Articles
Reporting & editor's notes.
Writing from the New Mexico Impact Lab — what we found in the records, and how to use the data.
Where New Mexico bills go to die
Most bills die in committee — and two money committees are the biggest bottlenecks of all.
Who works the New Mexico Legislature
A small corps of contract lobbyists carries dozens of clients each through the Capitol.
Thirty years of dead bills
Fewer than one in five bills becomes law. The fate of 48,533 bills, and who introduces the most.
How to navigate the data
A quick guide to searching the bills and lobbying databases — filters, expanding records, roll-call votes, and checking against the source.