Legislative Finance Committee

Senate amendments to the General Appropriation Act for 2026 increase recurring general fund spending by $277 million over the current budget year, or 2.6 percent, and includes about $3 billion in special appropriations and transfers to special funds.

The House Appropriations and Finance Committee substitute for House Bills 2 and 3 would increase recurring spending by $294.5 million, or 2.7 percent, and has over $2.6 billion in nonrecurring spending projects and fund transfers.

A survey of physicians who currently work or previously worked in New Mexico, shows almost two-thirds of those still practicing in the state are considering leaving to practice elsewhere.

The Legislature has appropriated nearly $200 million to the rural health care delivery fund to improve healthcare access in rural counties, but the program lacks standards and it is unclear if the spending has resulted in improvements.

New Mexico has improved its timeliness in delivering food benefits, but its error rate has worsened.

The Legislative Finance Committee today released a budget recommendation for the 2026-2027 fiscal year that calls for spending $11.1 billion from the state’s general fund, a 2.5 percent, or $268 million, increase over FY26 planned spending.

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Both violent and property crime rates have fallen since a recent peak in 2018, but they remain above the national average and persistently high.

Almost three-quarters of funding in programs surveyed for the 2025 inventory of evidence-based programs was targeted at evidence- or research-based approaches, up from 2024.