2-7F-2. Membership
The house of representatives is composed of seventy members to be elected from districts that are contiguous and that are as compact as is practicable.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 2.
2-7F-3. Residence
At the time of filing a declaration of candidacy for the office of representative, a candidate shall reside in the district for which the candidate files. Thereafter, if a representative permanently removes the representative's residence from or maintains no residence in the district from which the representative was elected, the representative shall be deemed to have resigned, and a successor shall be selected as provided in Section 4 [2-7F-4 NMSA 1978] of the 2021 House Redistricting Act.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 3.
2-7F-4. Elections; vacancies
A. Members of the house of representatives shall be elected for terms of two years.
B. If a vacancy occurs in the office of representative for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled as follows:
(1) for a representative district that is situated wholly within the exterior boundaries of a single county, the board of county commissioners of that county shall appoint the representative to fill the vacancy; and
(2) for a representative district situated within two or more counties:
(a) the board of county commissioners of each county in the representative district shall submit one name to the governor; and
(b) the governor shall appoint the representative to fill the vacancy from the list of names so submitted.
C. An appointment to fill a vacancy in the house of representatives shall be for a term ending on December 31 after the next general election.
D. An appointment to fill a vacancy made before the general election of 2022 shall be made from the district as it was described in Section 2-7E-1 NMSA 1978, as established by the court in Egolf v. Duran, D-101-CV-2011-02942 (1st Dist. Ct., Judgment and Final Order on Remand (State House of Representatives Trial) filed February 28, 2012). On or after the general election of 2022, a vacancy shall be filled by appointment from the district as set out in the 2021 House Redistricting Act.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 4.
2-7F-5. Precincts
A. Precinct designations and boundaries used in the 2021 House Redistricting Act are those precinct designations and boundaries established pursuant to the Precinct Boundary Adjustment Act [1-3-10 to 1-3-14 NMSA 1978] and revised and approved pursuant to that act by the secretary of state as of November 30, 2021.
B. A board of county commissioners shall not create any precinct that lies in more than one representative district and shall not divide any precinct so that the divided parts of the precinct are situated in two or more representative districts. Votes cast in any general, primary or other statewide election from precincts created or divided in violation of this subsection are invalid and shall not be counted or canvassed.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 5.
2-7F-6. Districts
The districts of the house of representatives shall be as set out in Sections 7 [2-7F-7 NMSA 1978] through 76 [2-7F-76 NMSA 1978] of the 2021 House Redistricting Act.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 6.
2-7F-7. Representative district one
Representative district one is composed of San Juan county precincts 31, 39 through 49, 57 through 59, 67, 90, 99, 103, 104 and 106 through 108.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 7.
2-7F-8. Representative district two
Representative district two is composed of San Juan county precincts 19, 20, 23 through 25, 28 through 30, 32, 33, 35 through 38, 51 through 54, 56, 82, 100 through 102 and 105.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 8.
2-7F-9. Representative district three
Representative district three is composed of San Juan county precincts 55, 60 through 66 and 68 through 81.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 9.
2-7F-10. Representative district four
Representative district four is composed of San Juan county precincts 1 through 7, 17, 18, 21, 22, 26, 27, 34, 50, 109, 110, 120, 121, 130 through 132 and 134.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 10.
2-7F-11. Representative district five
Representative district five is composed of McKinley county precincts 5 through 10, 19, 23, 36, 43, 46 through 49, 55, 56, 60, 61, 63, 67, 68 and 70; and San Juan county precincts 8 through 13 and 133.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 11.
2-7F-12. Representative district six
Representative district six is composed of Cibola county precincts 1, 4 through 8, 12 through 15, 26, 28 and 30; and McKinley county precincts 13, 15, 17, 22, 25 through 30, 51 through 53, 64 through 66 and 71.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 12.
2-7F-13. Representative district seven
Representative district seven is composed of Valencia county precincts 2, 6, 8, 15, 16, 21 through 26, 28, 32, 36, 45, 49 through 51, 53, 56 through 58, 60 and 62.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 13.
2-7F-14. Representative district eight
Representative district eight is composed of Valencia county precincts 3 through 5, 7, 9 through 12, 14, 17 through 19, 37, 40 through 44, 52, 54, 55, 59, 61 and 63 through 66.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 14.
2-7F-15. Representative district nine
Representative district nine is composed of McKinley county precincts 1 through 4, 18, 20, 21, 24, 31 through 35, 37 through 42, 44, 45, 50, 54, 57 through 59 and 69.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 15.
2-7F-16. Representative district ten
Representative district ten is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 73, 75, 76, 90 through 92, 94 through 99, 103, 105 through 107, 144, 213, 250, 258, 260, 262, 266, 270, 278, 288, 629 and 630.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 16.
2-7F-17. Representative district eleven
Representative district eleven is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 125, 131, 150 through 155, 161 through 166, 181, 183 through 188, 195 through 197, 211, 212, 221, 276, 279, 345, 346, 613, 640 and 646.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 17.
2-7F-20. Representative district fourteen
Representative district fourteen is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 32, 33, 46 through 48, 50, 51, 61 through 64, 104, 121 through 124, 132, 133, 135, 149, 190, 198, 224 through 226, 234, 236, 619 and 634.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 20.
2-7F-22. Representative district sixteen
Representative district sixteen is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 21 through 23, 25 through 28, 30, 36 through 40, 119, 156, 167 through 169, 178, 189, 199, 209, 210, 263, 607, 614 through 616, 618 and 633.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 22.
2-7F-24. Representative district eighteen
Representative district eighteen is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 101, 102, 214 through 216, 223, 235, 241 through 246, 251 through 256, 273, 274, 338, 341 through 344, 351 through 353, 355 through 358, 381 and 382.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 24.
2-7F-26. Representative district twenty
Representative district twenty is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 289, 290, 294, 296, 298, 299, 301 through 307, 309, 319, 324, 325, 330 through 334, 348 through 350, 393, 549, 550 and 657 through 660.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 26.
2-7F-28. Representative district twenty-two
Representative district twenty-two is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 551 through 559, 566, 570 through 580, 582, 595 through 597 and 603; and Torrance county precincts 1 through 5, 7 through 10, 14 through 17, 20 and 21.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 28.
2-7F-30. Representative district twenty-four
Representative district twenty-four is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 413 through 417, 461 through 466, 471 through 474, 476, 491 through 495, 497, 502 through 509, 514 through 516, 528, 531, 533, 663 and 670.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 30.
2-7F-31. Representative district twenty-five
Representative district twenty-five is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 313 through 315, 317, 347, 354, 371 through 374, 377, 385 through 387, 400 through 405, 411, 412, 431 through 437 and 441 through 446.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 31.
2-7F-36. Representative district thirty
Representative district thirty is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 339, 359, 368, 370, 388, 406 through 409, 419 through 421, 439, 440, 481, 484, 488 through 490, 496, 498 through 500, 511 through 513, 523, 529, 583, 662, 666, 673, 675 and 677.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 36.
2-7F-38. Representative district thirty-two
Representative district thirty-two is composed of Dona Ana county precincts 3 and 60; Hidalgo county precincts 1 through 3, 5 and 6; and Luna county.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 38.
2-7F-39. Representative district thirty-three
Representative district thirty-three is composed of Dona Ana county precincts 18, 19, 40, 45 through 53, 55 through 58, 78, 98, 101, 108, 146, 148, 150, 151, 186 and 187.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 39.
2-7F-40. Representative district thirty-four
Representative district thirty-four is composed of Dona Ana county precincts 13 through 17, 81, 82, 96, 97, 162 through 170, 188 and 189.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 40.
2-7F-41. Representative district thirty-five
Representative district thirty-five is composed of Dona Ana county precincts 20, 24, 26 through 30, 32, 35 through 37, 39, 41 through 44, 83, 84, 86, 89, 92, 99, 109, 126, 127, 135, 136, 177 and 179.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 41.
2-7F-42. Representative district thirty-six
Representative district thirty-six is composed of Dona Ana county precincts 4, 21 through 23, 25, 31, 38, 85, 87, 88, 90, 100, 105, 107, 115, 121 through 124, 131, 145, 147, 171, 172, 174 and 182 through 185.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 42.
2-7F-43. Representative district thirty-seven
Representative district thirty-seven is composed of Dona Ana county precincts 33, 34, 59, 61, 62, 67 through 70, 91, 93, 94, 102, 103, 125, 128 through 130, 137 through 139, 141, 143, 144, 175, 180 and 190.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 43.
2-7F-44. Representative district thirty-eight
Representative district thirty-eight is composed of Dona Ana county precincts 1, 2, 5, 63 through 65, 95, 111, 117 through 119, 134 and 173; Sierra county precincts 2, 6 through 8 and 10; and Socorro county precincts 1 through 8, 10, 11, 17 and 18.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 44.
2-7F-45. Representative district thirty-nine
Representative district thirty-nine is composed of Catron county precinct 3; Grant county; and Hidalgo county precinct 4.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 45.
2-7F-46. Representative district forty
Representative district forty is composed of Colfax county precincts 1 through 5, 7 through 9, 11 through 16, 19 and 20; Mora county; Rio Arriba county precincts 45 through 47, 49, 56 through 59 and 68 through 74; San Miguel county precincts 9, 10 and 12; and Taos county precincts 30 and 31.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 46.
2-7F-47. Representative district forty-one
Representative district forty-one is composed of Rio Arriba county precincts 4, 5, 10 through 14, 22 through 28, 35 through 40, 48 and 60 through 67; Sandoval county precincts 21 through 23; Santa Fe county precinct 58; and Taos county precincts 1, 9, 22 and 37.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 47.
2-7F-48. Representative district forty-two
Representative district forty-two is composed of Taos county precincts 2 through 8, 10 through 21, 23 through 29, 32 through 36 and 38 through 47.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 48.
2-7F-49. Representative district forty-three
Representative district forty-three is composed of Los Alamos county; Sandoval county precincts 7, 16 through 18, 51, 78 and 79; and Santa Fe county precincts 12, 80, 93, 145 and 154.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 49.
2-7F-50. Representative district forty-four
Representative district forty-four is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 6, 10, 86, 220 and 238; and Sandoval county precincts 11 through 13, 31 through 36, 38, 52 through 54, 57, 59, 92 through 94, 96 through 99, 102, 112, 113, 119, 136, 140, 141, 153 and 154.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 50.
2-7F-51. Representative district forty-five
Representative district forty-five is composed of Santa Fe county precincts 29, 50, 51, 56, 62, 64, 75 through 78, 86, 89, 96, 105, 106, 116, 117, 124, 133, 140 through 144, 149, 151, 170, 173, 176 and 179.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 51.
2-7F-52. Representative district forty-six
Representative district forty-six is composed of Santa Fe county precincts 1 through 8, 11, 20, 22 through 27, 33, 40, 59 through 61, 79, 82, 87, 90, 92, 118, 119, 121, 122, 128, 130, 146, 152, 153, 155, 159, 160 and 177.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 52.
2-7F-54. Representative district forty-eight
Representative district forty-eight is composed of Santa Fe county precincts 31, 32, 34, 35, 38, 39, 41 through 44, 49, 52, 53, 66, 67, 74, 97 through 99, 101, 102, 108, 109, 135 through 138, 162, 164, 174 and 178.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 54.
2-7F-55. Representative district forty-nine
Representative district forty-nine is composed of Catron county precincts 1, 2 and 4 through 9; Sierra county precincts 1, 3 through 5, 9, 11 and 12; Socorro county precincts 9, 12 through 14, 16 and 19 through 27; and Valencia county precincts 20, 27, 29 through 31, 33 through 35, 38, 39 and 46 through 48.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 55.
2-7F-56. Representative district fifty
Representative district fifty is composed of Sandoval county precincts 5, 28, 55, 56, 76, 89, 90, 114 and 133; and Santa Fe county precincts 14 through 19, 63, 65, 69, 71 through 73, 84, 85, 88, 107, 110, 113 through 115, 125, 126, 134, 139, 148, 150, 156, 157, 165 and 168.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 56.
2-7F-57. Representative district fifty-one
Representative district fifty-one is composed of Otero county precincts 18 through 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 47 through 52, 61, 62, 64 and 65.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 57.
2-7F-58. Representative district fifty-two
Representative district fifty-two is composed of Dona Ana county precincts 7 through 12, 54, 71 through 73, 77, 79, 80, 104, 110, 114, 120, 149 and 152 through 160.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 58.
2-7F-59. Representative district fifty-three
Representative district fifty-three is composed of Dona Ana county precincts 6, 66, 74 through 76, 106, 112, 113, 116, 132, 133, 140, 142, 161, 176, 178 and 181; and Otero county precincts 1, 41 through 46 and 66.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 59.
2-7F-60. Representative district fifty-four
Representative district fifty-four is composed of Chaves county precinct 104; Eddy county precincts 2 through 8, 22, 29 through 31, 40, 41, 43 and 53; and Otero county precincts 2 through 4, 13 through 17, 35, 53 through 55, 59, 60 and 63.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 60.
2-7F-61. Representative district fifty-five
Representative district fifty-five is composed of Eddy county precincts 9, 12, 17 through 21, 25 through 28, 32, 33, 36, 37, 45, 47 through 50, 52 and 54; and Lea county precincts 71 through 74.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 61.
2-7F-62. Representative district fifty-six
Representative district fifty-six is composed of Lincoln county; and Otero county precincts 5 through 12, 38 and 56 through 58.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 62.
2-7F-63. Representative district fifty-seven
Representative district fifty-seven is composed of Sandoval county precincts 50, 63, 66 through 69, 71, 75, 80, 84, 118, 120 through 127, 135, 137, 143 through 146, 149, 150, 152 and 156.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 63.
2-7F-64. Representative district fifty-eight
Representative district fifty-eight is composed of Chaves county precincts 24, 25, 32 through 34, 42, 43, 51, 52, 61 through 64, 71 through 74, 81, 90 through 92, 94, 95, 101 through 103, 105 and 106.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 64.
2-7F-65. Representative district fifty-nine
Representative district fifty-nine is composed of Chaves county precincts 2 through 9, 11 through 18, 20 through 23, 31, 35, 36, 82 through 85 and 93.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 65.
2-7F-67. Representative district sixty-one
Representative district sixty-one is composed of Lea county precincts 9, 11, 12, 14 through 17, 31, 34 through 36, 44, 50 through 55, 58, 59, 61 and 62.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 67.
2-7F-68. Representative district sixty-two
Representative district sixty-two is composed of Lea county precincts 19 through 30, 32, 33, 37 through 43, 56 and 57.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 68.
2-7F-69. Representative district sixty-three
Representative district sixty-three is composed of Curry county precincts 4 through 9, 20, 22, 25 through 30, 36 and 41; De Baca county; Guadalupe county; Roosevelt county precincts 1, 6 through 8 and 17; and San Miguel county precinct 17.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 69.
2-7F-70. Representative district sixty-four
Representative district sixty-four is composed of Chaves county precincts 1, 10, 44 and 46; Curry county precincts 2, 17 through 19, 23, 24, 33, 35, 37 through 39 and 42; and Roosevelt county precincts 2 through 5, 9 through 16 and 18 through 21.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 70.
2-7F-71. Representative district sixty-five
Representative district sixty-five is composed of Rio Arriba county precincts 1 through 3 and 21; Sandoval county precincts 1 through 4, 6, 8 through 10, 14, 15, 19, 20, 24 through 27, 29, 77, 87, 88, 91 and 95; and San Juan county precincts 15, 16 and 83.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 71.
2-7F-72. Representative district sixty-six
Representative district sixty-six is composed of Chaves county precincts 40, 41, 45 and 47; Eddy county precincts 1, 10, 11, 13 through 16, 23, 24, 34, 35, 38, 39, 42, 44, 46 and 51; and Lea county precincts 2, 3, 8, 10, 13 and 18.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 72.
2-7F-73. Representative district sixty-seven
Representative district sixty-seven is composed of Colfax county precincts 10, 17, 18, 21 and 22; Curry county precincts 1, 3, 10 through 16, 21, 31, 32, 34, 40 and 43; Harding county; Quay county; San Miguel county precinct 15; and Union county.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 73.
2-7F-75. Representative district sixty-nine
Representative district sixty-nine is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 31 and 93; Cibola county precincts 2, 3, 9 through 11, 16 through 25, 27 and 29; McKinley county precincts 11, 12, 14, 16 and 62; San Juan county precinct 14; Socorro county precinct 15; and Valencia county precincts 1 and 13.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 75.
2-7F-76. Representative district seventy
Representative district seventy is composed of San Miguel county precincts 1 through 8, 11, 13, 14, 16 and 18 through 34; and Torrance county precincts 6, 11 through 13, 18, 19 and 22.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 76.
2-7F-77. Election of representatives
Representatives shall be elected from the districts described in the 2021 House Redistricting Act at the 2022 and subsequent general elections.
Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 6, § 77.