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2024 New Mexico legislative session

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2024 New Mexico legislative session
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General information
Scheduled session start:    Jan. 16, 2024

Scheduled session end:    Feb. 15, 2024

Leadership
Senate President
Howie Morales (D)

House Speaker
Javier I. Martínez (D)
Majority Leader
Senate: Peter Wirth (D)
House: Gail Chasey (D)
Minority Leader
Senate: Gregory A. Baca (R)
House: T. Ryan Lane (R)

Elections
Next Election:    November 5, 2024

Last Election:    November 8, 2022

Previous legislative sessions
2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018
Other 2024 legislative sessions


In 2024, the New Mexico State Legislature was scheduled to convene on January 16 and adjourn on February 15.

The legislators serving in this session took office following the 2022 elections. Democrats won a 27-15 majority in the Senate and a 44-25-1 majority in the House. The party also controlled the governorship, creating a Democratic state government trifecta. At the start of the 2024 session, New Mexico was one of 21 state legislatures where neither party had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers.

At the beginning of the 2024 legislative session:
  • Democrats held a majority in the New Mexico state House and state Senate.
  • New Mexico was one of 17 Democratic state government trifectas.
  • New Mexico's governor was Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham.

    • Leadership in 2024

    New Mexico State Senate

    New Mexico House of Representatives

    Partisan control in 2024

    See also: State government trifectas

    New Mexico was one of 17 Democratic state government trifectas at the start of 2024 legislative sessions. A state government trifecta occurs when one political party holds the governor's office, a majority in the state Senate, and a majority in the state House. For more information about state government trifectas, click here.

    New Mexico was also one of 21 state legislatures where neither party had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers. Veto overrides occur when a legislature votes to reverse a veto issued by an executive such as a governor or the president. If one party has a majority in a state legislature that is large enough to override a gubernatorial veto without any votes from members of the minority party, it is called a veto-proof majority or, sometimes, a supermajority. To read more about veto-proof supermajorities in state legislatures, click here.

    The following tables show the partisan breakdown of the New Mexico State Legislature in the 2024 legislative session.

    New Mexico State Senate

    Party As of January 2024
         Democratic Party 27
         Republican Party 15
    Total 42

    New Mexico House of Representatives

    Party As of January 2024
         Democratic Party 45
         Republican Party 25
    Total 70

    Standing legislative committees

    See also: Standing committee and List of committees in New Mexico state government


    A standing committee of a state legislature is a committee that exists on a more-or-less permanent basis, from legislative session to session, that considers and refines legislative bills that fall under the committee's subject matter.

    At the beginning of the 2024 legislative session, there were 26 standing committees in New Mexico's state government, including 9 state Senate committees and 17 state House committees.

    Senate committees

    • Committees' Committee
    • Conservation Committee
    • Education Committee
    • Finance Committee
    • Health and Public Affairs Committee
    • Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Committee
    • Judiciary Committee
    • Rules Committee
    • Tax, Business and Transportation Committee

    House committees

    • Agriculture, Acequias and Water Resources Committee
    • Appropriations and Finance Committee
    • Commerce and Economic Development Committee
    • Consumer and Public Affairs Committee
    • Education Committee
    • Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee
    • Enrolling and Engrossing A Committee
    • Enrolling and Engrossing B Committee
    • Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee
    • Health and Human Services Committee
    • Judiciary Committee
    • Labor, Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee
    • Printing and Supplies Committee
    • Rules and Order of Business Committee
    • Rural Development, Land Grants and Cultural Affairs Committee
    • Taxation and Revenue Committee
    • Transportation, Public Works and Capital Improvements Committee

    Legislation

    Enacted legislation

    The list below shows up to 25 pieces of legislation in the 2024 legislative session that most recently passed both chambers of the legislature, were signed by the governor, or were approved by the legislature in a veto override. If no bills are displayed below, no legislation met these criteria in 2024. This information is provided by BillTrack50.

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    The table below lists 2024 election-related legislation in New Mexico. The following information is included for each bill:

    • Bill number
    • Official name or caption
    • Most recent action date
    • Legislative status
    • Topics dealt with by the bill

    Bills are organized by bill number. The table displays up to 100 results by default. To view additional results, use the arrows in the upper-right corner of the table. For more information about a particular bill, simply click the bill number. This will open a separate page with additional information.

    Legislatively referred constitutional amendments

    In every state but Delaware, voter approval is required to enact a constitutional amendment. In each state, the legislature has a process for referring constitutional amendments before voters. In 18 states, initiated constitutional amendments can be put on the ballot through a signature petition drive. There are also many other types of statewide measures.

    The methods by which the New Mexico Constitution can be amended:

    See also: Article XIX of the New Mexico Constitution and Laws governing ballot measures in New Mexico

    The New Mexico Constitution provides two mechanisms for amending the state's constitution—a legislative process and a state constitutional convention.

    Legislature

    See also: Legislatively referred constitutional amendment

    A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the New Mexico State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 36 votes in the New Mexico House of Representatives and 22 votes in the New Mexico State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

    Convention

    See also: Convention-referred constitutional amendment

    A two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required during one legislative session of the state legislature to place a constitutional convention question on the ballot. A convention is held if the question receives a simple majority of the vote. Voters must also ratify amendments proposed by the convention.


    Historical partisan control

    The table below depicts the historical trifecta status of New Mexico.

    New Mexico Party Control: 1992-2025
    Eighteen years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
    Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

    Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
    Governor D D D R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D
    Senate D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
    House D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R R D D D D D D D D D

    Historical Senate control

    Democrats won control of the New Mexico State Senate in 1988. In 2020, they won a 27-15 majority.

    The table below shows the partisan history of the New Mexico Senate following every general election from 1992 to 2020. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.

    New Mexico State Senate election results: 1992-2020

    Party 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20
    Democrats 27 25 24 23 27 25 26 27
    Republicans 15 17 18 19 15 17 16 15

    Historical House control

    Democrats won control of the New Mexico House of Representatives in 2016. In 2022, they won a 45-25 majority.

    The table below shows the partisan history of the New Mexico House following every general election from 1992 to 2022. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.

    New Mexico House of Representatives election results: 1992-2022

    Year '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '06 '08 '10 '12 '14 '16 '18 '20 '22
    Democrats 52 46 42 40 42 42 42 42 45 37 38 33 38 46 44 45
    Republicans 18 24 28 30 28 28 28 28 25 33 32 37 32 24 25 25
    Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

    See also

    Elections New Mexico State Government State Legislatures State Politics
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