Albuquerque Journal

In other action, the House passed:

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■ Legislatio­n aimed at expanding prescribed burning in New Mexico to help manage forests and protect against catastroph­ic fires. House Bill 57 was approved 63-0 and now heads to the Senate.

It would remove legal barriers that keep private landowners from conducting prescribed burns.

■ A bill that would allow felons to maintain their voting rights, except while imprisoned. Under the current system, felons lose their voting rights upon conviction but can have them reinstated eventually.

House Bill 74 won approval 44-24 on a party-line vote, with Democrats in favor and Republican­s opposed. It now heads to the Senate.

■ A measure that would prohibit discrimina­tion in schools based on a student’s hairstyle or cultural headdress. House Bill 29, approved on a 66-0 vote, would bar disparate treatment of students based on braids, cornrows, weaves or certain other hairstyles. It now goes to the Senate.

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