New Mexico packaging and PFAS laws

What New Mexico has enacted on packaging and PFAS, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. New Mexico is one of 21 states that enacted a packaging and PFAS law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Bills in scope
4bills in scope
Past committee
3past committee
Most recent action
9 March 2026most recent action

Packaging and PFAS laws enacted in New Mexico

One packaging and PFAS law enacted in the New Mexico Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.

  • HJM 3PER- & POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES REPORTEnacted 9 March 2026

    What it does: Requests the Environmental Improvement Board and Department of Environment to report on implementation of the Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Protection Act, including rule efficacy and recommendations on whether product exemptions should continue, be modified, or removed, with preliminary findings due December 1, 2026 and final report by August 1, 2027.

    PFAS in water, land and health

Packaging and PFAS in New Mexico, by topic

Packaging and PFAS bills in New Mexico

The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.

1Enacted

2Past committee

1Introduced or inactive

4 bills in scope

Past committee

2

HB 222FRACTURING FLUID DISCLOSURE & USEPassed committee

What it would do: Prohibits operators from using hydraulic fracturing fluids, drilling fluids, proppants, or additives containing intentionally added per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances in downhole operations. Requires operators to disclose all chemicals used in downhole operations to the division before drilling permits are issued, with civil penalties up to $5,000 for first violations and $10,000 for subsequent violations.

HB 392SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BAG ACTPassed committee

What it would do: Prohibits retail establishments from providing single-use plastic bags at point of sale starting January 1, 2026, requiring reusable bags, recycled content bags, or recyclable cardboard boxes instead, with exceptions for produce, takeout food, and other specified uses. Allows paper bags for a minimum ten-cent fee per bag.

Introduced or inactive

1

HB 483NO RESTRICTIONS ON PLASTIC BAG USEIn committee

What it would do: Prohibits any public body, including the state and local governments, from enacting, imposing, or enforcing any law, ordinance, policy, or rule that restricts retail grocers' use or provision of plastic grocery bags.

Bill titles link to the New Mexico Legislature's own page.

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What counts as packaging and PFAS legislation

In scope: Packaging EPR; pFAS bans in products; pFAS in water, land and health; plastics bans and bottle deposits; and recyclability and labeling claims.

Questions

Does New Mexico have a packaging and PFAS law?

Yes. New Mexico enacted 1 packaging and PFAS law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them HJM 3. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.

Which packaging and PFAS bills are moving in New Mexico?

2 bills not yet law have passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along HB 222 (passed committee) and HB 392 (passed committee).

What does New Mexico legislate on most in packaging and PFAS?

Plastics bans and bottle deposits (2 bills) and PFAS in water, land and health (1 bill).

Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?

No. Which bills count as Packaging and PFAS bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

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Packaging and PFAS legislation in other jurisdictions

48 more currently hold bills in this tracker

Know when New Mexico's packaging and PFAS law changes

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