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The New Mexico Legislature was established when New Mexico officially became a state and was admitted to the union in 1912. In 1922, Bertha M. Paxton became the first woman elected to the New Mexico Legislature, serving one term in the House of Representatives.
The New Mexico House of Representatives (Spanish: Cámara de representantes de Nuevo México) is the lower house of the New Mexico State Legislature. There are 70 members of the House. Each member represents roughly 25,980 residents of New Mexico. The most recent elections were held on November 5, 2024.
The Senate Chamber of the New Mexico State Capitol. The New Mexico Legislature is a bicameral body made up of the 70-member New Mexico House of Representatives and the 42-member New Mexico Senate. The New Mexico Constitution limits the regular session to sixty calendar days, and every other year it is thirty days.
Oct. 18—The New Mexico Economic Development Department is figuring out its legislative agenda with just two months to go before the start of the 2025 Legislature. Secretary-designate Rob Black ...
Feb. 10—Fossil fuel producers seeking leases in the Permian Basin and elsewhere in New Mexico may have to give more of their profits to the state. The House passed a bill to raise maximum fossil ...
The New Mexico Senate (Spanish: Senado de Nuevo México) is the upper house of the New Mexico State Legislature. The Senate consists of 42 members, with each senator representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts across the state. All senatorial districts are divided to contain a population on average of 43,300 state residents.
Speaker Term Party County/Residence Notes Citation Theodore D. Wheaton: 1851–1854 Taos [3] [4]Facundo Pino: 1854–1855 [4]Celedonio Valdés: 1855–1856
Steinborn also led New Mexico's efforts to ban the transportation and storage of high level nuclear waste in the state, successfully passing legislation in the 2023 legislative session. Steinborn has been recognized for his long time advocacy for open government, being given the ‘1st Amendment Freedom’ award by the NM Foundation for Open ...