New Mexico governor signs bond package for senior citizen facilities, libraries, and public education, sending three measures to voters in November

On Mar. 9, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) signed House Bill 153 (HB 153), a bond package passed by the legislature in February. The bond package authorizes the state to issue a total of $259,722,000 in general obligation bonds.

The bond package will appear as three separate ballot questions in November. The ballot questions will ask voters to approve the following amounts:

1. $24,470,000 in bonds for senior citizen facility improvements;
2. $215,986,000 in bonds for improvements to higher education, special public schools, and tribal schools; and
3. $19,266,000 in bonds for public library improvements.