{"id":12858,"date":"2010-02-10T12:26:05","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T19:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=12858"},"modified":"2010-02-10T22:01:05","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T05:01:05","slug":"senate-rules-oks-webcasting-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2010\/02\/senate-rules-oks-webcasting-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Rules OKs webcasting expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12859\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12859\" title=\"Webcam\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Webcam.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The existing webcam in the back of the Senate chamber. (Photo by Heath Haussamen)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Senate Rules Committee gave its approval today to legislation that would expand the number of cameras used in webcasting from the Senate floor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/lcs\/_session.aspx?chamber=S&amp;legtype=R&amp;legno=%20%20%201&amp;year=10\">Senate Resolution 1<\/a>, sponsored by Majority Leader <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/lcs\/legdetails.aspx?SPONCODE=SSANC\">Michael Sanchez<\/a>, D-Belen, passed without opposition and now heads to the Senate Public Affairs Committee before it can be voted on by the full Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Senate floor webcasting includes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/lcs\/webcast\/senate_video.aspx\">one camera<\/a> placed at the back of the chamber. The rule change would allow the installation of additional cameras to give viewers a more complete view of the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Approval of the resolution came after several activists spoke in favor of the legislation. Senate President Pro Tem <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/lcs\/legdetails.aspx?SPONCODE=SJENT\">Tim Jennings<\/a>, D-Roswell, complained that the other branches of government aren\u2019t being pushed to join the Legislature in webcasting public meetings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it\u2019s good enough for one branch, it\u2019s good enough for all branches,\u201d Jennings said. \u201c\u2026 I don\u2019t understand why we just don\u2019t webcast every court and webcast every cabinet meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Executive branch cabinet meetings are not public meetings under state law because they\u2019re not subject to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmag.gov\/Publications\/Default.aspx?View=3\">New Mexico Open Meetings Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Two other pieces of legislation that would expand webcasting are awaiting hearings in the Rules Committee but have not yet appeared on the committee\u2019s schedule. Chair <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/lcs\/legdetails.aspx?SPONCODE=SLOPE\">Linda Lopez<\/a>, D-Albuquerque, has not responded to my question about when they will be scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>Those pieces of legislation are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/lcs\/_session.aspx?chamber=S&amp;legtype=R&amp;legno=%20%20%204&amp;year=10\">Senate Resolution 4<\/a>, sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/lcs\/legdetails.aspx?SPONCODE=SGRIR\">Eric Griego<\/a>, D-Albuquerque, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/lcs\/_session.aspx?chamber=H&amp;legtype=JM&amp;legno=%20%2015&amp;year=10\">House Joint Memorial 15<\/a>, sponsored by Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/lcs\/legdetails.aspx?SPONCODE=HSTEI\">Jeff Steinborn<\/a>, D-Las Cruces.<\/p>\n<p>Griego\u2019s resolution would expand audio and video webcasting to include Senate committee meetings held during sessions. Steinborn\u2019s memorial would expand webcasting to include interim committee meetings.<\/p>\n<p><em>A prior version of this posting incorrectly stated that Sanchez&#8217;s bill is now headed to the Senate floor.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate Rules Committee gave its approval today to legislation that would expand the number of cameras used in webcasting from the Senate floor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[111,107],"class_list":["post-12858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","category-uncategorized","tag-open-government","tag-roundhouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}