NM State Representative Day Hochman-Vigil 2025 Constituent Survey

Dear Neighbor:

The 2025 Legislative Session runs from January 21-March 22.

I am excited – and honored – to be representing you in the NM Legislature. It is very important for me to understand the needs of my constituents and how they feel about the many critical issues facing New Mexico. Your response to this survey will help me better represent you in the NM Legislature.

In addition to this survey, I welcome you to contact me at any time at Dayan.Hochman-Vigil@nmlegis.gov. You may also contact my District Legislative Aide, Michael Plantenberg, at Michael.Plantenberg@nmlegis.gov.

You can follow pending bills, view schedules of committee meetings and full session meetings, or give public comment virtually by visiting the legislative website at www.NMLegis.gov.

Day Hochman-Vigil
State Representative, District 15

1. Are you a resident of House District 15?

2. If your not a resident of HD15, please give me a little more information on who you are (ie. Business owner in the district; advocate for a specific cause; etc):

3. What issues are most important to you right now? What specific policy (or policies) do you think the NM Legislature should enact?

4. What should the NM Legislature be most focused on, given the current state of our state? Please rank in order of importance to you. Note: for the following table each column is restricted to a single answer across all rows.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Investing in infrastructure and broadband	Rank Investing in infrastructure and broadband as 1 out of 10	Rank Investing in infrastructure and broadband as 2 out of 10	Rank Investing in infrastructure and broadband as 3 out of 10	Rank Investing in infrastructure and broadband as 4 out of 10	Rank Investing in infrastructure and broadband as 5 out of 10	Rank Investing in infrastructure and broadband as 6 out of 10	Rank Investing in infrastructure and broadband as 7 out of 10	Rank Investing in infrastructure and broadband as 8 out of 10	Rank Investing in infrastructure and broadband as 9 out of 10	Rank Investing in infrastructure and broadband as 10 out of 10
Improving our education system	Rank Improving our education system as 1 out of 10	Rank Improving our education system as 2 out of 10	Rank Improving our education system as 3 out of 10	Rank Improving our education system as 4 out of 10	Rank Improving our education system as 5 out of 10	Rank Improving our education system as 6 out of 10	Rank Improving our education system as 7 out of 10	Rank Improving our education system as 8 out of 10	Rank Improving our education system as 9 out of 10	Rank Improving our education system as 10 out of 10
Improving access to affordable health care	Rank Improving access to affordable health care as 1 out of 10	Rank Improving access to affordable health care as 2 out of 10	Rank Improving access to affordable health care as 3 out of 10	Rank Improving access to affordable health care as 4 out of 10	Rank Improving access to affordable health care as 5 out of 10	Rank Improving access to affordable health care as 6 out of 10	Rank Improving access to affordable health care as 7 out of 10	Rank Improving access to affordable health care as 8 out of 10	Rank Improving access to affordable health care as 9 out of 10	Rank Improving access to affordable health care as 10 out of 10
Recruiting to NM qualified healthcare providers, including physicians and nurses	Rank Recruiting to NM qualified healthcare providers, including physicians and nurses as 1 out of 10	Rank Recruiting to NM qualified healthcare providers, including physicians and nurses as 2 out of 10	Rank Recruiting to NM qualified healthcare providers, including physicians and nurses as 3 out of 10	Rank Recruiting to NM qualified healthcare providers, including physicians and nurses as 4 out of 10	Rank Recruiting to NM qualified healthcare providers, including physicians and nurses as 5 out of 10	Rank Recruiting to NM qualified healthcare providers, including physicians and nurses as 6 out of 10	Rank Recruiting to NM qualified healthcare providers, including physicians and nurses as 7 out of 10	Rank Recruiting to NM qualified healthcare providers, including physicians and nurses as 8 out of 10	Rank Recruiting to NM qualified healthcare providers, including physicians and nurses as 9 out of 10	Rank Recruiting to NM qualified healthcare providers, including physicians and nurses as 10 out of 10
Providing more opportunities for affordable housing	Rank Providing more opportunities for affordable housing as 1 out of 10	Rank Providing more opportunities for affordable housing as 2 out of 10	Rank Providing more opportunities for affordable housing as 3 out of 10	Rank Providing more opportunities for affordable housing as 4 out of 10	Rank Providing more opportunities for affordable housing as 5 out of 10	Rank Providing more opportunities for affordable housing as 6 out of 10	Rank Providing more opportunities for affordable housing as 7 out of 10	Rank Providing more opportunities for affordable housing as 8 out of 10	Rank Providing more opportunities for affordable housing as 9 out of 10	Rank Providing more opportunities for affordable housing as 10 out of 10
Creating jobs	Rank Creating jobs as 1 out of 10	Rank Creating jobs as 2 out of 10	Rank Creating jobs as 3 out of 10	Rank Creating jobs as 4 out of 10	Rank Creating jobs as 5 out of 10	Rank Creating jobs as 6 out of 10	Rank Creating jobs as 7 out of 10	Rank Creating jobs as 8 out of 10	Rank Creating jobs as 9 out of 10	Rank Creating jobs as 10 out of 10
Fighting climate change and protecting natural resources	Rank Fighting climate change and protecting natural resources as 1 out of 10	Rank Fighting climate change and protecting natural resources as 2 out of 10	Rank Fighting climate change and protecting natural resources as 3 out of 10	Rank Fighting climate change and protecting natural resources as 4 out of 10	Rank Fighting climate change and protecting natural resources as 5 out of 10	Rank Fighting climate change and protecting natural resources as 6 out of 10	Rank Fighting climate change and protecting natural resources as 7 out of 10	Rank Fighting climate change and protecting natural resources as 8 out of 10	Rank Fighting climate change and protecting natural resources as 9 out of 10	Rank Fighting climate change and protecting natural resources as 10 out of 10
Reducing crime	Rank Reducing crime as 1 out of 10	Rank Reducing crime as 2 out of 10	Rank Reducing crime as 3 out of 10	Rank Reducing crime as 4 out of 10	Rank Reducing crime as 5 out of 10	Rank Reducing crime as 6 out of 10	Rank Reducing crime as 7 out of 10	Rank Reducing crime as 8 out of 10	Rank Reducing crime as 9 out of 10	Rank Reducing crime as 10 out of 10
Reforming our tax system	Rank Reforming our tax system as 1 out of 10	Rank Reforming our tax system as 2 out of 10	Rank Reforming our tax system as 3 out of 10	Rank Reforming our tax system as 4 out of 10	Rank Reforming our tax system as 5 out of 10	Rank Reforming our tax system as 6 out of 10	Rank Reforming our tax system as 7 out of 10	Rank Reforming our tax system as 8 out of 10	Rank Reforming our tax system as 9 out of 10	Rank Reforming our tax system as 10 out of 10
Other	Rank Other as 1 out of 10	Rank Other as 2 out of 10	Rank Other as 3 out of 10	Rank Other as 4 out of 10	Rank Other as 5 out of 10	Rank Other as 6 out of 10	Rank Other as 7 out of 10	Rank Other as 8 out of 10	Rank Other as 9 out of 10	Rank Other as 10 out of 10

5. If you included "other," please indicate what your topic is:

6. To improve public safety, please rank the following policies in order of importance: Note: for the following table each column is restricted to a single answer across all rows.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Community policing policies	Rank Community policing policies as 1 out of 10	Rank Community policing policies as 2 out of 10	Rank Community policing policies as 3 out of 10	Rank Community policing policies as 4 out of 10	Rank Community policing policies as 5 out of 10	Rank Community policing policies as 6 out of 10	Rank Community policing policies as 7 out of 10	Rank Community policing policies as 8 out of 10	Rank Community policing policies as 9 out of 10	Rank Community policing policies as 10 out of 10
More police officers	Rank More police officers as 1 out of 10	Rank More police officers as 2 out of 10	Rank More police officers as 3 out of 10	Rank More police officers as 4 out of 10	Rank More police officers as 5 out of 10	Rank More police officers as 6 out of 10	Rank More police officers as 7 out of 10	Rank More police officers as 8 out of 10	Rank More police officers as 9 out of 10	Rank More police officers as 10 out of 10
Supporting law enforcement with the resources they need to keep us safe	Rank Supporting law enforcement with the resources they need to keep us safe as 1 out of 10	Rank Supporting law enforcement with the resources they need to keep us safe as 2 out of 10	Rank Supporting law enforcement with the resources they need to keep us safe as 3 out of 10	Rank Supporting law enforcement with the resources they need to keep us safe as 4 out of 10	Rank Supporting law enforcement with the resources they need to keep us safe as 5 out of 10	Rank Supporting law enforcement with the resources they need to keep us safe as 6 out of 10	Rank Supporting law enforcement with the resources they need to keep us safe as 7 out of 10	Rank Supporting law enforcement with the resources they need to keep us safe as 8 out of 10	Rank Supporting law enforcement with the resources they need to keep us safe as 9 out of 10	Rank Supporting law enforcement with the resources they need to keep us safe as 10 out of 10
Criminal justice reform	Rank Criminal justice reform as 1 out of 10	Rank Criminal justice reform as 2 out of 10	Rank Criminal justice reform as 3 out of 10	Rank Criminal justice reform as 4 out of 10	Rank Criminal justice reform as 5 out of 10	Rank Criminal justice reform as 6 out of 10	Rank Criminal justice reform as 7 out of 10	Rank Criminal justice reform as 8 out of 10	Rank Criminal justice reform as 9 out of 10	Rank Criminal justice reform as 10 out of 10
Greater investment in behavioral health programs	Rank Greater investment in behavioral health programs as 1 out of 10	Rank Greater investment in behavioral health programs as 2 out of 10	Rank Greater investment in behavioral health programs as 3 out of 10	Rank Greater investment in behavioral health programs as 4 out of 10	Rank Greater investment in behavioral health programs as 5 out of 10	Rank Greater investment in behavioral health programs as 6 out of 10	Rank Greater investment in behavioral health programs as 7 out of 10	Rank Greater investment in behavioral health programs as 8 out of 10	Rank Greater investment in behavioral health programs as 9 out of 10	Rank Greater investment in behavioral health programs as 10 out of 10
Expansion of drug courts and alternative sentencing	Rank Expansion of drug courts and alternative sentencing as 1 out of 10	Rank Expansion of drug courts and alternative sentencing as 2 out of 10	Rank Expansion of drug courts and alternative sentencing as 3 out of 10	Rank Expansion of drug courts and alternative sentencing as 4 out of 10	Rank Expansion of drug courts and alternative sentencing as 5 out of 10	Rank Expansion of drug courts and alternative sentencing as 6 out of 10	Rank Expansion of drug courts and alternative sentencing as 7 out of 10	Rank Expansion of drug courts and alternative sentencing as 8 out of 10	Rank Expansion of drug courts and alternative sentencing as 9 out of 10	Rank Expansion of drug courts and alternative sentencing as 10 out of 10
More resources for the justice system (e.g. more judges, prosecutors, public defenders, etc.)	Rank More resources for the justice system (e.g. more judges, prosecutors, public defenders, etc.) as 1 out of 10	Rank More resources for the justice system (e.g. more judges, prosecutors, public defenders, etc.) as 2 out of 10	Rank More resources for the justice system (e.g. more judges, prosecutors, public defenders, etc.) as 3 out of 10	Rank More resources for the justice system (e.g. more judges, prosecutors, public defenders, etc.) as 4 out of 10	Rank More resources for the justice system (e.g. more judges, prosecutors, public defenders, etc.) as 5 out of 10	Rank More resources for the justice system (e.g. more judges, prosecutors, public defenders, etc.) as 6 out of 10	Rank More resources for the justice system (e.g. more judges, prosecutors, public defenders, etc.) as 7 out of 10	Rank More resources for the justice system (e.g. more judges, prosecutors, public defenders, etc.) as 8 out of 10	Rank More resources for the justice system (e.g. more judges, prosecutors, public defenders, etc.) as 9 out of 10	Rank More resources for the justice system (e.g. more judges, prosecutors, public defenders, etc.) as 10 out of 10
Holding violent criminals accountable & taking them off our streets	Rank Holding violent criminals accountable & taking them off our streets as 1 out of 10	Rank Holding violent criminals accountable & taking them off our streets as 2 out of 10	Rank Holding violent criminals accountable & taking them off our streets as 3 out of 10	Rank Holding violent criminals accountable & taking them off our streets as 4 out of 10	Rank Holding violent criminals accountable & taking them off our streets as 5 out of 10	Rank Holding violent criminals accountable & taking them off our streets as 6 out of 10	Rank Holding violent criminals accountable & taking them off our streets as 7 out of 10	Rank Holding violent criminals accountable & taking them off our streets as 8 out of 10	Rank Holding violent criminals accountable & taking them off our streets as 9 out of 10	Rank Holding violent criminals accountable & taking them off our streets as 10 out of 10
Addressing the fentanyl crisis	Rank Addressing the fentanyl crisis as 1 out of 10	Rank Addressing the fentanyl crisis as 2 out of 10	Rank Addressing the fentanyl crisis as 3 out of 10	Rank Addressing the fentanyl crisis as 4 out of 10	Rank Addressing the fentanyl crisis as 5 out of 10	Rank Addressing the fentanyl crisis as 6 out of 10	Rank Addressing the fentanyl crisis as 7 out of 10	Rank Addressing the fentanyl crisis as 8 out of 10	Rank Addressing the fentanyl crisis as 9 out of 10	Rank Addressing the fentanyl crisis as 10 out of 10
Addressing the root causes of crime by investing in our families and communities	Rank Addressing the root causes of crime by investing in our families and communities as 1 out of 10	Rank Addressing the root causes of crime by investing in our families and communities as 2 out of 10	Rank Addressing the root causes of crime by investing in our families and communities as 3 out of 10	Rank Addressing the root causes of crime by investing in our families and communities as 4 out of 10	Rank Addressing the root causes of crime by investing in our families and communities as 5 out of 10	Rank Addressing the root causes of crime by investing in our families and communities as 6 out of 10	Rank Addressing the root causes of crime by investing in our families and communities as 7 out of 10	Rank Addressing the root causes of crime by investing in our families and communities as 8 out of 10	Rank Addressing the root causes of crime by investing in our families and communities as 9 out of 10	Rank Addressing the root causes of crime by investing in our families and communities as 10 out of 10

7. There will be many initiatives introduced in relation to public safety this year. Please put a check box in each item that you think will make a difference (check as many as you would like):

Addressing juvenile crime to help prevent our youth from becoming involved in crime - whether as victims or perpetrators
Reducing gun violence by making necessary changes to our red flag laws, and addressing gun threats in our schools
Tightening up our DWI laws and going after reckless drivers who endanger New Mexicans on our streets
Increasing punishments for certain heinous crimes like human trafficking and improving our services for victims of these crimes
Increasing penalties for fentanyl traffickers
Creating more avenues for people involved in our criminal justice system who are in need of treatment to get the help they need - including a thoroughly vetted "competency" bill that addresses many of the concerns raised over the past year
Other - Write In Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

8. Do you support or oppose legislation encouraging more renewable energy production in New Mexico?

9. What should the NM Legislature be doing to create quality, career-track jobs in our communities?

10. The Children, Youth, and Families Department (CYFD) has been in the news a lot lately. Do you support changing the Children’s Code to allow more oversight of CYFD, and allow it to be more transparent in its decisions (without disclosing specific names of children and families involved):

11. Do you support the creation of an independent office of the Child Advocate with the NM Department of Justice (Attorney General’s Office) to hold CYFD more accountable?

12. New Mexico is doing well with revenues currently, mostly because of oil and gas royalties. However, because of the volatile nature of this revenue source and its likely decline as we evolve to electric and other forms of energy, do you support investing these “extra” funds now to provide for more secure funding for New Mexico in the future (as opposed to spending the money now on programs)?

13. Affordable housing has proven to be a big issue in New Mexico. Do you think it is important for New Mexico to provide more funding for affordable housing opportunities in our state:

14. Do you support NM enacting a Paid Family Medical Leave Act to ensure that New Mexico workers have access to paid leave when suffering from a major illness or injury, experiencing the death of a child, welcoming a new child, dealing with domestic or sexual violence, or needing to care for a loved one that is seriously ill?

15. Should the state enact legislation to protect consumers and regulate the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to address the ethical, social, and economic challenges posed by this new technology?

16. New Mexico has the only remaining unsalaried legislature in the nation. Do you support a Constitutional Amendment to modernize the NM Legislature by compensating legislators with a salary to better allow New Mexicans from all of walks of life to serve, extending the length of sessions, and providing professional staffing to create better policies to move New Mexico forward?

17. If New Mexico were to create a professional legislature, do you support the establishment of an Independent Salary Commission to set these salaries and re-evaluate periodically?

18. What are your priorities for the state legislature? What policies would you like to see enacted (You may have already indicated this in Question 1. However, do you have anything to add now that you’ve gone through the survey?)?

19. How can state government better work for you?

20. (Optional) It would be helpful to me to know a little more about you and your household. For example: How long have you lived here? What are your hopes for our state or local community? What do you do for work? What are your concerns? Is there anything else you think I should know, so I can better serve you?

21. I would like to periodically communicate the most important developments in state government with you and our neighbors. Those communications can be opted-out of at any time. What is your preferred method of contact (check as many as you would like)?

22. Please share your information so that I can contact for any follow-up that might be needed:

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Last Name

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Email Address

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