The First Session of the 57th Legislature

January 2-17, 2025: Legislation may be prefiled
January 21: Opening day (noon)
February 20: Deadline for introduction
March 22: Session ends (noon)
April 11: Legislation not acted upon by governor is pocket vetoed
June 20: Effective date of legislation not a general appropriation bill or a bill carrying an emergency clause or other specified date

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Session marked by heated words, little action (SF New Mex)

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Session marked by heated words, little action

MILAN SIMONICH

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Posted: Sunday, March 8, 2015 7:00 pm | Updated: 12:23 am, Mon Mar 9, 2015.

Session marked by heated words, little action Milan Simonich SantaFeNewMexican.com | 1 comment

The mean season is winding down to a fat zero.

Less than two weeks remain in New Mexico’s 60-day legislative session, one that’s been short on accomplishments and long on attacks. More than anything, it’s been a relentless spin cycle on one issue.

Listening to Republican legislators, one would never know that hundreds of thousands of people in New Mexico hold jobs and get paid for doing them. No secret police force handcuffs workers before they head to business parks, construction sites and office buildings to earn their pay. No law prohibits honest labor.

Read more here: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/blogs/politics_and_news/session-marked-by-heated-words-little-action/article_4b2482ca-592f-5c62-8fe0-c87961814519.html