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

BlueSky Profile

Senator threatens to subpoena governor’s NM Expo appointee (Alb. Jour.)

Subscribe

Senator threatens to subpoena governor’s NM Expo appointee

 

SANTA FE – The friction between the Democratic-dominated Senate Rules Committee and Republican Gov. Susana Martinez intensified Wednesday as the committee chairwoman threatened to try to subpoena one of the governor’s appointees to appear before the panel.

Sen. Linda Lopez, D-Albuquerque, presented a resolution asking the full Senate to issue a subpoena to Expo New Mexico General Manager Dan Mourning, but didn’t ask the committee to vote on it right away.

“I hope I don’t have to use that,” Lopez said later.

Read more here: http://www.abqjournal.com/352129/politics/democratic-senator-threatens-to-subpoena-governor-appointee.html