2026 New Mexico legislative session

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2026 New Mexico legislative session
General information
Scheduled session start:    Jan. 20, 2026 Scheduled session end:    Feb. 19, 2026
Leadership
Senate President Howie Morales (D) House Speaker Javier I. Martínez (D) Majority Leader Senate: Peter Wirth (D) House: Reena Szczepanski (D) Minority Leader Senate: William Sharer (R) House: Gail Armstrong (R)
Elections
Next Election:    November 3, 2026 Last Election:    November 5, 2024
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In 2026, the New Mexico State Legislature was scheduled to convene on January 20, 2026, and adjourn on February 19, 2026.

The legislators serving in this session took office following the 2024 elections. Democrats won a 26-16 majority in the Senate and a 44-26 majority in the House. The party also controlled the governorship, creating a Democratic state government trifecta. At the start of the 2026 session, New Mexico was one of 23 state legislatures where neither party had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers.

At the beginning of the 2026 legislative session:

Democrats held a majority in the New Mexico state House and state Senate.

New Mexico was one of 16 Democratic state government trifectas.

New Mexico's governor was Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham.

Leadership in 2026

See also: Leadership positions in state legislatures

New Mexico State Senate

• Senate president: Howie Morales (D)
• Majority leader: Peter Wirth (D)
• Minority leader: William Sharer (R)

New Mexico House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House: Javier I. Martínez (D)
• Majority leader: Reena Szczepanski (D)
• Minority leader: Gail Armstrong (R)

Partisan control in 2026

See also: State government trifectas

New Mexico was one of 16 Democratic state government trifectas at the start of 2026 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 23 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 2026 legislative session.

New Mexico State Senate

Partisan composition, New Mexico State Senate

As of February 2026
Party	Members
Democratic	26
Republican	16
Other	0
Vacancies	0
Total	42

New Mexico House of Representatives

Partisan composition, New Mexico House of Representatives

As of February 2026
Party	Members
Democratic	44
Republican	26
Other	0
Vacancies	0
Total	70

Regular session

The list below shows up to 25 pieces of legislation in the 2026 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 has met these criteria yet in 2026. This information is provided by BillTrack50.

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 2026 legislative session, there were 23 standing committees in New Mexico's state government, including nine state Senate committees and 14 state House committees.

Senate committees

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

House committees

• Agriculture, Acequias and Water Resources Committee
• Appropriations and Finance Committee
• Commerce & Economic Development Committee
• Consumer & Public Affairs Committee
• Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee
• Health & Human Services Committee
• House Education Committee
• House Judiciary Committee
• Labor, Veterans' And Military Affairs Committee
• Local Government, Land Grants & Cultural Affairs Committee
• Rules and Order of Business Committee
• State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee
• Taxation & Revenue Committee
• Transportation, Public Works & Capital Improvements Committee

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
Nineteen 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	26
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	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	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	D

Historical Senate control

Democrats won control of the New Mexico State Senate in 1988. In 2024, they won a 26-16 majority.

The table below shows the partisan history of the New Mexico Senate following every general election from 1992 to 2024. 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: 1992-2024

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

Historical House control

Democrats won control of the New Mexico House of Representatives in 2016. In 2024, they won a 43-26 majority with one vacancy.

The table below shows the partisan history of the New Mexico House following every general election from 1992 to 2024. 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: 1992-2024

Year	'92	'94	'96	'98	'00	'02	'04	'06	'08	'10	'12	'14	'16	'18	'20	'22	'24
Democrats	52	46	42	40	42	42	42	42	45	37	38	33	38	46	44	45	43
Republicans	18	24	28	30	28	28	28	28	25	33	32	37	32	24	25	25	26
Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

Analysis

Adopted legislation, 2014-2024

See also: The State Legislative Decade - New Mexico

In 2024, Ballotpedia released analysis of bills enacted in each state in the preceding decade. The charts and table below detail legislation passed each year by party sponsorship.

See also

Elections	New Mexico State Government	State Legislatures	State Politics
New Mexico State Senate elections, 2028 New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2026	New Mexico State Legislature New Mexico House of Representatives New Mexico State Senate Governor of New Mexico New Mexico Supreme Court	State legislative elections, 2026 State legislative special elections, 2026 State legislative elections, 2024 State legislative elections, 2022	State government trifectas State government triplexes Veto overrides in state legislatures State executives State courts Ballot measures

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