For the first time in more than four decades, House Bill 55 is poised to make New Mexicoâs public infrastructure funding process transparent. House Bill 55 is a bipartisan bill sponsored by Reps. Matthew McQueen (D-Galisteo), Kelly Fajardo (R-Los Lunas) and Natalie Figueroa (D-Albuquerque), Sens. Bill Tallman (D-Albuquerque) and Steven Neville (R-Aztec). Just about every year since 1977, New Mexico has divided up its available funds for infrastructure projects, commonly known as âcapital outlay,â among the governor and all 112 legislators. In 2019, each senator was allocated ab...