The Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce has released its 2025 Legislative Summary.
The Chamber’s publication shows how it works with government, business and community partners to promote and develop a welcoming business environment and thriving, diverse economy in New Mexico.
Chairman of the Board Peter Lorenz said the Legislative Summary “shows the breadth and depth of the advocacy work the Chamber is involved in — from traditional business concerns such as taxes, to quality-of-life concerns such as crime and education. It’s all about ensuring Albuquerque and New Mexico are places where businesses thrive, families want to locate and visitors spend their leisure time.”
“Our goal is to make our city and state a great place to start and grow a business and a safe, exciting place to work and raise a family,” said Terri Cole, GACC president/CEO, explained. “To that end, the Chamber’s Board of Directors establishes specific legislative priorities ahead of each session to further its broad economic policy goals, including tax reform, education, public safety, health care and Downtown revitalization. Its legislative team, which includes business leaders, lobbyists, policy experts and skilled communicators, works to realize them.”
This session, the Chamber was able — against all odds and for the fifth year in a row — to stop a small-business crushing paid family and medical leave program.
The Chamber also helped:
- Defeat onerous environmental legislation that would have hamstrung the state with new litigation and drastically altered the fabric of the state’s economy.
- Get important public safety legislation to the governor’s desk for her signature, though much remains to be done on this front.
- Keep any new taxes from being enacted.
- Stop a back-to-the-future move to reinstate a failed education governance system of a state school board and state superintendent.
- Make several positive steps to grow the state’s economy including legislation providing:
- the resources to develop commercial and industrial sites so they are ready for business development,
- development of trade ports around the state,
- initiatives to utilize brackish water to ensure adequate water supplies are available for growth,
- support for research and development of promising advanced technologies in the fields of quantum physics and bioscience.
The Legislative Summary also lays out what else needs to be done in Santa Fe to continue to move our city and state forward. Click here to read it.