Susana Martinez

Governor of New Mexico

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Name: Susana Martinez

Office Title: Governor of New Mexico

First Elected: 11/02/2010

Last Elected:

Office Address:

Gender: Female

Family: Husband: Chuck Franco; 1 Stepson; Carlo

Date of Birth: 07/14/1959

Place of Birth: Rio Grande Valley, NM

Home City: Las Cruces, NM

Religion: Roman Catholic


Executive Actions

Date Bill No. Bill Title Outcome Vote
April 5, 2013 SB 7 Tax Expenditure & Revenue Budget Reporting Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2013 SB 128 Prospective Employee Credit Privacy Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2013 SB 65 Pre-Release Medicaid for Incarcerated Persons Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2013 SB 25 Judicial Retirement Changes Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2013 SB 12 New Mexico Financial Authority Changes Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2013 SB 4 Dialysis Facility Gross Receipts Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2013 HB 392 Public Education Commission as Independent Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2013 HB 133 Disclosure of Contributions by Contractors Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2013 SB 458 Developmental Disabilities Service Changes Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2013 SB 415 No Mandatory Parole for Certain Sentences Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2013 SB 294 Criminal Record Expungment Act Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2013 SB 131 Traffic Ticket Payment & Reporting Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2013 HB 588 Community Engagement Teams Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2013 HB 569 Game & Fish License Time Period Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2013 HB 438 No Mandatory Parole for Certain Sentences Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2013 SB 269 Durable Medical Equipment Gross Receipts Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2013 SB 158 Uniform Consequences Conviction Act Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2013 SB 114 Legislative Retirement Qualification Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2013 SB 16 Public Campaign Financing Changes Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2013 HB 146 Sale of Methamphetamine Precursors Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2013 HB 2-6 2013 General Appropriations Bill Vetoed – Executive Line Item Veto
April 5, 2013 HB 353 Appropriates Funds for Capital Expenditures Vetoed – Executive Line Item Veto
April 5, 2013 SB 60 Appropriates Funds for Capital Outlays Vetoed – Executive Line Item Veto
April 5, 2013 SB 113 Appropriates and Redistributes Funding for the State Lottery, General Reserve, Child Care, and Tobacco Vetoed – Executive Line Item Veto
April 5, 2013 SB 258 Expedites Professional Licenses for Military Members, Veterans and Spouses Vetoed – Executive Pocket Veto
April 5, 2013 SB 217 Authority for Public Securities Terms Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2013 SB 171 Disabilities Concerns Committee Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 4, 2013 HB 641 Reduces Tax Rates for Corporations Signed – Executive Sign
March 29, 2013 HB 460 School Management Contracts and Charter Boards Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 29, 2013 SB 588 Teacher and Principal Evaluation System Council Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 29, 2013 SB 370 School Rating Modified Assessment Formula Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 29, 2013 HB 481 Evidence of Teacher Competency Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 29, 2013 SB 587 Establishes the State School Grades Council Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 29, 2013 SB 416 Increases Minimum Wage Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 29, 2013 HB 192 School Program Units for Certain Personnel Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 29, 2013 HB 513 Certain School Tests as Competence Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 15, 2013 HB 379 Film Production Tax Credit Increase Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 14, 2013 HB 273 Public School Capital Outlay Lease Payments Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 13, 2013 SB 147 Education Technology Definitions Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 13, 2013 HB 593 County Higher Ed Facility Property Tax Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 12, 2013 HB 155 Replacement Fees for Car Disability Placards Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 11, 2013 SB 395 Public Works Whistleblower Confidentiality Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 7, 2012 SB 71 Relating to Interlocks for Certain Crime Convictions Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 7, 2012 SB 59 Relating to Child Murder as Aggravating Circumstances Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 7, 2012 HB 188 Relating to Increasing County Official Salaries Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 7, 2012 SB 225 Relating to Cigarette Tax Definitions Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 7, 2012 SB 302 Relating to Bed and Breakfast Beer and Wine Permits Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 7, 2012 HB 186 Relating to Establishing Additional Judgeships Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 6, 2012 SB 9 Changes Corporate Income Tax Rates and Filing Requirements Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 6, 2012 HB 72 Relating to Judicial Retirement Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 4, 2012 HB 261 Relating to Commercial Driver’s Licenses Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 2, 2012 HB 290 Relating to Motor Vehicle Taxes Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 2, 2012 SB 2 Relating to Criminal Records Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 11, 2011 SB 496 Water Utilities Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 8, 2011 HB 161 Relating to Taxation Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 8, 2011 HB 241 Relating to Teacher Loans Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 8, 2011 HB 58 Relating to Judicial Retirement Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 8, 2011 SB 124 Safeguarding Bicyclists Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 8, 2011 SB 509 Interlock License Act for Certain Convictions Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 8, 2011 HB 347 Relating to Juvenile Detention Requirements Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 7, 2011 HB 343 Relating to Taxes Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 7, 2011 HB 298 Relating to Sex Offenders Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 7, 2011 HB 267 Relating to Medical Malpractice Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 7, 2011 HB 311 Relating to Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 6, 2011 HB 182 Relating to Serving Alcohol to Minors Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 6, 2011 HB 172 Prohibiting Corporal Punishment as School Discipline Signed – Executive Sign
April 5, 2011 SB 422 911 Surcharge on Communications Services Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2011 HB 328 Surcharges Imposed on Communication Services Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2011 SB 397 Cigarette Stamp to Determing Escrow Payments Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2011 SB 166 Create Appellate Transcription Fund Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 5, 2011 HB 294 State Treasurer to Designate Board Designees Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 2, 2011 HB 469 Technical Violation of Probation Release Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 2, 2011 HB 11 Motor Scooter Definition and Operation Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 2, 2011 HB 35 Hidalgo County Health Demonstration Project Vetoed – Executive Veto
April 1, 2011 SB 449 Superintendent of Regulation and Licensing Confirmed by Senate Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 29, 2011 SB 427 Rating System for Public Schools Signed – Executive Sign
March 19, 2011 HB 174 Relating to Foreclosures Vetoed – Executive Pocket Veto
March 19, 2011 HB 151 Relating to Courts Vetoed – Executive Pocket Veto
March 18, 2011 HB 34 Health Insurance Medical Home Requirements Vetoed – Executive Pocket Veto
March 18, 2011 HB 299 Relating to Child Support Vetoed – Executive Pocket Veto
March 18, 2011 HB 344 Relating to Elderly Care Vetoed – Executive Pocket Veto
March 18, 2011 HB 116 Relating to a Poison and Drug Information Center Vetoed – Executive Pocket Veto
March 18, 2011 HB 382 Relating to Energy Tax Credits Vetoed – Executive Pocket Veto
March 18, 2011 HB 169 Relating to Alcoholic Beverages Vetoed – Executive Pocket Veto
March 18, 2011 HB 321 Relating to Educational Data Vetoed – Executive Pocket Veto
March 18, 2011 HB 275 Relating to Magistrates Vetoed – Executive Pocket Veto
March 18, 2011 HB 285 Relating to the Judicial Standards Commission Vetoed – Executive Pocket Veto
March 17, 2011 HB 268 Relating to School Recycle Plans Vetoed – Executive Pocket Veto
March 17, 2011 HB 43 Develop Diploma Stamps System Vetoed – Executive Pocket Veto
March 17, 2011 HB 373 Relating to Medicaid Vetoed – Executive Pocket Veto
March 17, 2011 SB 187 Review of State Funding Recipients Vetoed – Executive Veto
March 16, 2011 HB 226 Relating to Soil and Water District Assessments Vetoed – Executive Pocket Veto

Profession: Attorney

Education:
High school,Riverside High School, El Paso (1977)
Bachelor's,University of Texas at El Paso
J.D.,University of Oklahoma College of Law

Political Experience:
Governor, State of New Mexico, 2010-present
Changed Political Party, from Democrat to Republican, 1995

Professional Experience:
District Attorney, Doña Ana County, 1996-2009

Non Legislative Committees:

Current Legislative Committees:

Organization:

Awards and Publications:
2008 – Heart Magazine named Martinez “Woman of the Year” [16] 2010 – State Bar of New Mexico named Martinez "Prosecutor of the Year"[17][18] 2013 – Time Magazine named Martinez to their 100 most influential people in the world list

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