New Mexico legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Mexico SB280: PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE
Status: Failed, February 16, 2026
What the bill says
An act relating to the public peace, health, safety and welfare; imposing a liquor excise surtax on retailers; amending definitions and conforming sections of the liquor excise tax act.
From the committee substitute text, February 14, 2026:
AN ACT RELATING TO THE PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE; IMPOSING A LIQUOR EXCISE SURTAX ON RETAILERS; AMENDING DEFINITIONS AND CONFORMING SECTIONS OF THE LIQUOR EXCISE TAX ACT. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: SECTION 1. Section 7-17-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1966, Chapter 49, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read: "7-17-2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Liquor Excise Tax Act: A. "alcoholic beverages" means distilled or rectified spirits, potable alcohol, brandy, whiskey, rum, gin, aromatic bitters or any similar beverage, including blended or fermented beverages, dilutions or mixtures of one or more of the foregoing containing more than one-half of one percent .234068.1 wen = lairetam derocsrednu eteled = ]lairetam detekcarb[ S___/SB alcohol by volume, but "alcoholic beverages" does not include medicinal bitters; B. "barrel" means the equivalent of thirty-one gallons; [B.] C. "beer" means an alcoholic beverage obtained by the fermentation of any infusion or decoction of barley, malt and hops or other cereals in water and includes porter, beer, ale and stout; [C.] D. "cider" means an alcoholic beverage made from the normal alcoholic fermentation of the juice of sound, ripe apples or pears that contains not less than one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume and not more than eight and one-half percent of alcohol by volume; …
Sponsors
- Antoinette Sedillo Lopez (D, SD-016) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : SCC: Reported by committee to fall within the purview of a 30 day session
- : Referred to: SCC/STBTC
- : Withdrawn from committee or daily calendar for subsequent action
- : Not Printed
- : Action Postponed Indefinitely
Common questions
- What is SB280?
- SB280 is a bill in the New Mexico Legislature (2026 Regular Session): PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE.
- What does SB280 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the public peace, health, safety and welfare; imposing a liquor excise surtax on retailers; amending definitions and conforming sections of the liquor excise tax act.
- What is the status of SB280?
- Failed as of February 16, 2026. Latest action: SCC: Reported by committee to fall within the purview of a 30 day session (February 16, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB280?
- Antoinette Sedillo Lopez (D, SD-016).
- Where is the official record for SB280?
- On the New Mexico Legislature website: https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=280&year=26
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