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New Mexico held constitutional conventions in 1848, 1849, 1850, 1889–90, 1907, and 1910. The constitutional draft in 1872 was by a territorial legislature. [9] The New Mexico Constitution was drafted by 100 delegates elected by the people of New Mexico; 71 delegates were Republicans, 28 Democrats, and one socialist. [10]
On December 19, 2013, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that the state must provide same-sex couples with the same marriage rights as different-sex couples, making New Mexico the 17th U.S. state to recognize same-sex marriage. [20] New Mexico has provided benefits to same-sex partners of state employees since 2003. [21]
Abortion in New Mexico. Abortion in New Mexico is legal at all stages of pregnancy. The number of abortion clinics in New Mexico has declined over the years, with 26 in 1982, 20 in 1992 and 11 in 2014. There were 4,500 legal abortions in 2014. There were 7 facilities providing abortion in New Mexico in 2017, and 6 of those were clinics.
Gun laws in New Mexico regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the state of New Mexico in the United States. [1][2] New Mexico is among states with some of the least restrictive firearms laws in the country. Being part of the Intermountain West, New Mexico is home to a strong gun culture, which is reflected in New ...
Government of New Mexico. The government of New Mexico is the governmental structure of the state of New Mexico as established by the Constitution of New Mexico. The executive is composed of the governor, several other statewide elected officials and the governor's cabinet. The New Mexico Legislature consists of the House of Representatives and ...
Stop and identify statutes. "Stop and identify" statutes are laws in several U.S. states that authorize police [1] to lawfully order people whom they reasonably suspect of committing a crime to state their name. If there is not reasonable suspicion that a person has committed a crime, is committing a crime, or is about to commit a crime, the ...
State Representative Al Park raised the issue a few years later, posing a formal inquiry to the New Mexico Attorney General, Gary K. King, who offered his view on January 4, 2011, that "a same-sex marriage that is valid under the laws of the country or state where it was consummated would likely be valid in New Mexico."
Meeting place. New Mexico State Capitol. Santa Fe. Website. nmlegis.gov. Constitution. Constitution of New Mexico. The New Mexico Legislature (Spanish: Legislatura de Nuevo México) is the legislative branch of the state government of New Mexico. It is a bicameral body made up of the New Mexico House of Representatives and the New Mexico Senate.