2026 Legislative Session
Below, please find some key links and information to help you successfully navigate the session as you participate in and support work to advocate for our acequia communities, precious waters, and future generations.
Links to bills will be added as they become available.
Land Grant-Merced Infrastructure Act
creates a land grant assistance fund with an earmark of severance tax bonds (STBs).
A new bill is in develpment. This will include Acequias and Land Grants.
Updates and calls for support will be posted here as they are released.
Acequia Day Joins Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo Day!
Click here to view the NMAA 'My Roundhouse' Bill tracker for the latest information on bill status and upcoming hearings of key acequia bills.
2026 News Articles
Links will be posted as they are published.
2025 News Articles
Source, NM - New Mexico's acequia outline 2025 legislative priorities (11/29/24)
Source, NM - Conservation Committee to hear water protection bills Tuesday (1/27/25)
Santa Fe New Mexican - Surface water bills move forward (1/31/25)
KUNM - Acequia advocates ask for more money as drought and disaster hit waterways (2/11/25)
Source, NM - NM legislative roundup Feb. 11: ¡Pala power! (2/11/25)
The Albuquerque Journal - Photographs of 2025 New Mexico Legislative Session (2/13/25)
Los Alamos Daily Post - Legislative Roundup: 39 Days Remaining In Session (2/12/25)