![]() ![]() Senator Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, chair of the Conservation Committee and member of Judiciary ![]() This past Saturday, March 2, two important bills that generated intense controversy were heard in committee: Senate Bill 547, the ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, went “down in flames” in the Conservation Committee, while Senate Bill 440, the Lower Rio Grande water bill, glided through Judiciary, on to the Finance Committee. When the state legislature starts meeting on Saturdays you know the end is near and it’s not going to be pretty. Please know that there are some of us fighting in the Legislature on behalf of the environment and for good conservation measures.” In the end the votes were not there to pass the bill. We often limit each side to testimony in committees. I realize Ethan was not happy with the committee process on 547 but we gave the bill what I felt was a fair hearing. I voted against 440 twice in Conservation and would have done so again had I been in Judiciary when the vote was taken. ![]() Editor’s Note: Senator Peter Wirth e-mailed a response to this article after its initial publication: “I do not support SB 440 or 463. ![]()
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