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HOUSE BILL 256
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
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NEW
MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
,
2025
INTRODUCED BY
Matthew McQueen
AN ACT
RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE NMSA
1978 CONCERNING THE INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 2-6-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1961,
Chapter 2, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
"2-6-1. LIMIT ON THE TIME WITHIN WHICH BILLS MAY BE
[INTRODUCED] FILED.--[A.] Legislation shall not be accepted for
filing until after the beginning of the prohibited period for
soliciting campaign contributions provided for in Section
1-19-34.1 NMSA 1978
[B. No bill shall be introduced at any regular
session of the legislature subsequent to the thirtieth
legislative day in sessions held in the odd-numbered years or
subsequent to the fifteenth legislative day in sessions held in
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the even-numbered years. The limitation provided in this
subsection does not apply to the general appropriation bill,
bills to provide for the current expenses of the government and
such bills as may be referred to the legislature by the
governor by special message specifically setting forth the
emergency or necessity requiring such legislation ]."
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