Senator Bill Tallman, D-Bernalillo, on Jan. 27 got his Senate Bill 39 through the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee. The bill, if signed into law would make private the names of applicants to major public positions in the state.    Tallman got a similar bill passed 27 to 14 on the Senate floor in the 2019 session but did not get it through the House.    Currently all applicants to all public positions are open to public review. He told committee members New Mexico is one of five states in the country that has âsuch an archaic rule.â    His argument for the bill is that individuals doing the same job elsewhere are inclined not to apply if their name could become public.