The proposal is poised to be considered during the 60-day session in January instead, an idea lawmakers had urged the governor to consider.
The bill would expand the list of people who can petition to initiate involuntary treatment for serious mental health issues.
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Lujan Grisham signed House Bill 251 to honor the firefighting black bear but sent a message to the House Speaker over it being one of the final pieces of legislation brought to the floor over more consequential bills.Â
At a ceremony in which the governor signed four public safety bills Monday, she cautioned she would not make a decision until after she speaks with legislative leaders.Â
A failed hospital merger led to a law giving the state final word over all hospital mergers and acquisitions.Â
Another failure for paid family and medical leave has supporters determined to keep fighting.
“I’m basically one sewer line break away from shutting the whole [rehabilitation center] down," said Frank Corcoran, CEO of Sierra Vista Hospital in Truth or Consequences.
The current occupant, Sen. Nancy Rodriguez, D-Santa Fe, announced last week she is not seeking reelection.
The task force’s fate now falls to Lujan Grisham and Torrez.
Personal belongings from water bottles to knives are lost or misplaced in the Capitol each year.
A Santa Fe Democrat, Nancy Rodriguez has held her seat since 1996 and serves on several key committees.
The event, which hasn't been held since 2020, included questions to three legislators on how young women and girls can get involved in politics.
Santa Fe was granted about $18.9 million from the Legislature for capital projects and the county about $11.4 million.
Evidence is mounting that psilocybin-assisted therapy is efficacious for treating major depression and other diagnoses.
The outcomes made advocates for both the industry and the environment feel the legislative session generated mixed results.
Although Republicans hope otherwise, political observers say Democrats' votes on guns and public safety likely won't make a big difference in November.
The New Mexico Legislature has asked Attorney General Raúl Torrez to create a new task force focused on a crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people after a memorial containing the request passed in the final hour of the legislative session, which concluded at noon Thursday.
