The First Session of the 58th Legislature

January 4-15, 2027: Legislation may be prefiled
January 19: Opening day (noon)
February 18: Deadline for introduction
March 20: Session ends (noon)
April 9: Legislation not acted upon by governor is pocket vetoed*
June 18: Effective date of legislation not a general appropriation bill or a bill carrying an emergency clause or other specified date
*Dependent on 2026 Constitutional Amendment outcome

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New Mexico governor signs foster care bill (Assoc. Press)

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New Mexico governor signs foster care bill

By BARRY MASSEY

Associated Press

SANTA FE, N.M. — Certain New Mexico foster children will be able to attend college in the state without paying tuition and fees under legislation signed into law Monday by Gov. Susana Martinez.

The new law will grant a tuition waiver at New Mexico’s public colleges or universities for some high school graduates who were in the state’s foster care system or in the legal custody of an American Indian tribe. Among those potentially eligible would be youth in foster care when they become age 18 and those who were adopted after turning 14.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/03/10/3986179/new-mexico-governor-signs-business.html#storylink=cpy