New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HJR2 Compare Versions

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28	28	HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 2
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30	30	TH LEGISLATURE
31	31	- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -
32	32	FIRST SESSION
33	33	, 2025
34	34	INTRODUCED BY
35	35	Matthew McQueen
36	36	A JOINT RESOLUTION
37	37	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 4, SECTION 22 OF THE
38	38	CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO TO PROVIDE THAT ALL BILLS PASSED BY
39	39	THE LEGISLATURE AND NOT ACTED ON BY THE GOVERNOR WILL BECOME
40	40	LAW AND TO REQUIRE VETO MESSAGES ON ALL BILLS VETOED IN WHOLE
41	41	OR IN PART BY THE GOVERNOR.
42	42	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
43	43	SECTION 1. It is proposed to amend Article 4, Section 22
44	44	of the constitution of New Mexico to read:
45	45	"A. Every bill passed by the legislature shall,
46	46	before it becomes a law, be presented to the governor for
47	47	approval. If [he] the governor approves, [he] the governor
48	48	shall sign it and deposit it with the secretary of state;
49	49	[otherwise, he] if the governor disapproves, the governor shall
50	50	veto it and return it to the house in which it originated [with
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78	78	his objections, which shall ] to be entered at large upon the
79	79	journal; and such bill shall not become a law unless thereafter
80	80	approved by two-thirds of the members present and voting in
81	81	each house by yea and nay vote entered upon its journal. Any
82	82	bill not returned by the governor within three days, Sundays
83	83	excepted, after being presented to [him ] the governor, shall
84	84	become a law, whether signed by [him ] the governor or not,
85	85	unless the legislature by adjournment prevent such return.
86	86	B. Every bill presented to the governor during the
87	87	last three days of the session shall be approved or vetoed by
88	88	[him] the governor within twenty days after the adjournment and
89	89	shall be by [him] the governor immediately deposited with the
90	90	secretary of state. Unless [so approved and signed ] vetoed by
91	91	[him] the governor, such a bill passed by the legislature shall
92	92	[not] become a law.
93	93	C. The governor may in like manner approve or
94	94	disapprove any part or parts, item or items, of any bill
95	95	appropriating money, and such parts or items approved shall
96	96	become a law, and such as are disapproved shall be void unless
97	97	passed over [his] the governor's veto [as herein provided ].
98	98	D. Any veto of a bill in whole or in part by the
99	99	governor shall include an explanation for the veto. The
100	100	explanation for the veto shall be returned with the bill to the
101	101	house in which the bill originated or deposited with the bill
102	102	with the secretary of state, as herein provided. "
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131	131	SECTION 2. The amendment proposed by this resolution
132	132	shall be submitted to the people for their approval or
133	133	rejection at the next general election or at any special
134	134	election prior to that date that may be called for that
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