SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday signed Senate Bill 8. The new law improves public safety by expanding required background checks on firearm purchases to include private gun sales, closing loopholes for certain sales like those made online or at gun...
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Governor applauds floor passage of landmark energy legislation
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday issued the following statement after the New Mexico Senate, with a decisive bipartisan vote, approved the Energy Transition Act, landmark legislation to transform the energy landscape in New Mexico and accelerate the...
Governor Lujan Grisham applauds House passage of legislation implementing climate change mitigation action
SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Sunday issued the following statement after the New Mexico House approved House Bill 28, the Resources Sustainability and Security Act, which will create a state sustainability and resilience council and implement green...
Governor Lujan Grisham cheers Senate passage of legislation establishing the Early Childhood Education and Care Department
SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Saturday issued the following statement after the New Mexico Senate overwhelmingly, and with bipartisan support, approved Senate Bill 22, which would establish the Early Childhood Education and Care Department, a Cabinet...
Gov. Lujan Grisham receives 10,000 petitions in favor of legislation decriminalizing abortion
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Saturday was visited in the Governor’s Office by more than 100 advocates and health care providers who presented her with more than 10,000 signed petitions from New Mexicans in every state county expressing their support for...
Governor Lujan Grisham cheers House passage of legislation supporting hemp, creating Centers of Excellence
SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday issued the following statement after the New Mexico House overwhelmingly, and with bipartisan support, approved a pair of important bills, one creating Centers of Excellence at New Mexico institutions of higher...
Gov. Lujan Grisham signs Senate Bill 11, safeguarding a critical revenue stream for national laboratory communities
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday signed Senate Bill 11. The new law, approved unanimously in the state House and with bipartisan support in the New Mexico Senate, establishes that 501(c)(3) nonprofits operating national laboratories are not exempt...
Governor Lujan Grisham fills pair of judicial vacancies
SANTA FE -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday announced her selections for a pair of judicial vacancies, one each in the Sixth Judicial District and in the Second Judicial District, Criminal Court. --James B. Foy: Sixth Judicial District--Daniel E. Ramczyk:...
Governor Lujan Grisham nominates regents for New Mexico State University and New Mexico Tech
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday announced five appointments to the boards of regents for New Mexico State University and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.In an executive message to the state Senate, the governor submitted to the Rules...
Appointment of Robert Sandoval, Curry County Commissioner, District 1
In accordance with the New Mexico Constitution, Art. XX, Sec. 4, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed Robert O. Sandoval to the Curry County Commissioner, District 1 position and authorized and empowerd him through that appointment to execute and fulfill the...