{"id":522830,"date":"2018-02-13T22:02:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T05:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=522830"},"modified":"2018-02-13T22:14:30","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T05:14:30","slug":"front-end-license-plate-proposal-gets-new-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/02\/front-end-license-plate-proposal-gets-new-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Front-end license plate proposal gets new life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_405938\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 771px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-405938\" src=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Roundhouse-1-771x471.jpg\" alt=\"Roundhouse\" width=\"771\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Roundhouse-1-771x471.jpg 771w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Roundhouse-1-336x205.jpg 336w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Roundhouse-1-768x469.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Roundhouse-1-1170x714.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Roundhouse-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Heath Haussamen \/ NMPolitics.net<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Roundhouse in Santa Fe.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Call that <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/02\/house-votes-down-front-end-license-plate-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first vote<\/a> a false start. A state House of Representatives vote\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" data-term=\"goog_1334823206\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Tuesday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0to require front-end license plates on vehicles registered in New Mexico came a just few days after the chamber <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/02\/house-votes-down-front-end-license-plate-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rejected the very same bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Patricio Ruiloba, a Democrat and former Albuquerque Police Department officer, had presented <a href=\"https:\/\/nmlegis.gov\/Legislation\/Legislation?Chamber=H&amp;LegType=B&amp;LegNo=158&amp;year=18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Bill 158<\/a> as a public safety measure. He said requiring two license plates on each vehicle would help law enforcement identify vehicles involved in crimes.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>But the issue &#8212; which would raise the annual vehicle registration fee by $2 &#8212; proved to be a lightning rod, with some House members reporting that they had received more emails from constituents on this bill than on any other.<\/p>\n<p>The House voted down the bill\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" data-term=\"goog_1334823207\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Saturday<\/span><\/span>, and when members moved to bring it back up again, the House also voted down changes presented as something of a compromise.<\/p>\n<p>The ensuing debate again proved to be one of the most impassioned of the session, with some arguing the measure is effectively a tax increase or at the very least an afront to the car culture of a state that is one of just 19 not to require front-end license plates.<\/p>\n<p>Others countered it was common sense, especially as New Mexico notches the highest rate of automobile theft in the country.<\/p>\n<p>On its second try, the bill passed 36-32 and goes next to the state Senate. But time is running out: The session ends at\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" data-term=\"goog_1334823208\"><span class=\"aQJ\">noon<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" data-term=\"goog_1334823209\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Thursday<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article comes from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Santa Fe New Mexican<\/a>. NMPolitics.net is paying for the rights to publish articles about the 2018 legislative session from the newspaper. Help us cover the cost by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">making a donation to NMPolitics.net<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On its second try, the bill passed 36-32 and goes next to the state Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":405938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3634,107],"class_list":["post-522830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-2018-legislative-session","tag-roundhouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522830","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=522830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}