HJR 1 — SESSION LENGTH, SUBJECTS & OVERRIDES, CA

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 1 57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEWMEXICONEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSIONSESSION, 2025 INTRODUCED BY Matthew McQueen and Joseph Cervantes andThis Roddocument Montoyamay andincorporate Patamendments Woodsproposed andby Reenaa Szczepanskicommittee, 7but 9not Ayet JOINTadopted, RESOLUTIONas PROPOSINGwell ANas AMENDMENTamendments TOthat ARTICLEhave 4,been SECTIONadopted 5during OFthe THEcurrent CONSTITUTIONlegislative OFsession. NEW MEXICO TO PROVIDE THAT EACH REGULAR SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE SHALL NOT EXCEED FORTY-FIVE DAYS, REMOVE THE RESTRICTIONS ON BILLS THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS AND PROVIDE FOR CONSIDERATION OF VETO OVERRIDES FOR BILLS OF A REGULAR, SPECIAL OR EXTRAORDINARY LEGISLATIVE SESSION e t 17 WITHIN THE SAME BIENNIUM.

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h A JOINT RESOLUTION g o t hr PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 4, SECTION 5 OF THE g e i k CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO TO HJCºPROVIDE THAT EACH REGULAR h r i s SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE SHALL NOT EXCEED FORTY-FIVE DAYS, h , t, e u g REMOVE THE RESTRICTIONS ON BILLS THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED IN e b l e e h EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS»HJC HJCºDIVIDE THE CURRENT NUMBER OF DAYS n d d i = = o h FOR EACH LEGISLATIVE BIENNIUM EQUALLY BETWEEN TWO REGULAR l ] b ,d i a º e r 20i SECTION= 1.r LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS NOT TO EXCEED FORTY-FIVE DAYS EACH, t e w d m a n o PROVIDE THAT ALL BILLS MAY BE CONSIDERED IN EVEN-NUMBERED d m :

Itb ise proposedd tos amendº Articleo 4,t Sectionn 5= a.229263.1AIC tFebruary m16, 2025 (10:53am) s k m 21e ofe thea constitutionn ofe Newd Mexicor toe read:l u [ A d YEARS, CHANGE THE START DATE OF LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS»HJC AND PROVIDE FOR CONSIDERATION OF VETO OVERRIDES FOR BILLS OF A REGULAR, SPECIAL OR EXTRAORDINARY LEGISLATIVE SESSION WITHIN THE SAME BIENNIUM.

dBE rIT eRESOLVED 22BY "A.THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

EachSECTION regular1. session of the legislature shall c e s k 23 begin annually at 12:00 noon on the third Tuesday of January.

eIt ais nproposed b 24 Every regular session of the legislature [convening during an u [ odd-numbered year shall remain in session not to exceedamend sixtyArticle .229263.14, days,Section and5 every regular session of the legislatureconstitution conveningof duringNew anMexico even-numbered year] shall remain in session not to exceedread: [thirty] forty-five days.

"A.

Each regular session of the legislature shall begin annually at 12:00 noon on the HJCº third»HJC HJCº second»HJC Tuesday of January.

Every regular session of the legislature [convening during an odd-numbered year shall remain in session not to exceed sixty days, and every regular session of the legislature convening during an even-numbered year] shall remain in session not to exceed [thirty] forty-five days.

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Every regular session of the legislature o t hr [convening during an even-numbered year shall consider only the g e i k following:

h r i s h (1) budgets, appropriations and revenue bills;

, t, e u g (2) bills drawn pursuant to special messages e b l e e h of the governor;

and n d d i = = o h l ] b ,d (3)] may consider for veto override bills of i a º e r i = r [the last previous]previous ] a regular, [session vetoed by the governor] t e w d m a n o special or extraordinary session within the same legislative biennium."d SECTIONm 2.:

Theb amendmente proposedd bys thisº resolutiono shallt ben submitted= to.229263.1AIC theFebruary people16, for2025 their(10:53am) approvals ork m e t- 172 rejection- ate thea nextn generale electiond orr ate anyl specialu w[ lA n d 18biennium." electionSECTION prior2. to that date that may be called for that = = 19 a l purpose.

iThe aamendment eproposed rby 20this -resolution 2shall -be asubmitted tto mthe mpeople 21for dtheir rapproval eor 22rejection cat ethe snext kgeneral 23election eor aat nany bspecial 24election uprior [to .229263.1that date that may be called for that purpose.

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b r e t º o t n = .229263.1AIC February 16, 2025 (10:53am) s k em e e a n e d r e l u [ A d