Lawmakers convene for 2025 New Mexico special session: Photos
Senate Maj. Leader Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, left, and House Speaker Javier Martínez, D-Albuquerque, talk before a news conference at the start of a special session of the New Mexico Legislature, in Santa Fe on Wednesday.
Representative Nathan Small, D-Las Cruces, from left, talks with Rep. Meredith Dixon, D-Albuquerque, Rep. Cristina Parajon, D-Albuquerque, and House Minority Leader Gail Armstrong, R-Magdalena, before the start of a special session of the New Mexico Legislature on Wednesday.
Representative Nathan Small, D-Las Cruces, left, talks with LFC Director Charles Sallee before the start of a special session of the New Mexico Legislature on Wednesday.
Sen. Carrie Hamblen, D-Las Cruces, and House Majority Leader Reena Szczepanski, D-Santa Fe, talk on the House floor before the start of a special session of the New Mexico Legislature on Wednesday.
Sen. Carrie Hamblen, D-Las Cruces, right, and House Majority Leader Reena Szczepanski, D-Santa Fe, talk before presenting a bill bolstering a health care affordability fund used to help New Mexico residents obtain insurance coverage on Wednesday at the state Capitol. The bill is one of several bills filed during a special session called by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
House Minority Whip Alan Martinez, R-Bernalillo, right, along with Rep. Elaine Sena Cortez, R-Hobbs, Rep. Nicole Chavez, R-Albuquerque, and Rep. Jenifer Jones, R-Deming, question a bill to add money to a fund to help people pay for insurance in the state's Health Insurance Market Place. This is in a House Health and Human Services Committee during a special session of the Legislature on Wednesday.
Members of the New Mexico Dream Team held a demonstration outside the Roundhouse before the start of a special session on Wednesday. They were protesting against the treatment of people detained by ICE being kelp at for profit detention centers around the state.
Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, left, and Sen. George Muñoz, D-Gallup, leave a news conference before the start of a special session of the New Mexico Legislature in Santa Fe on Wednesday.
House Min. Leader Gail Armstrong, R-Magdalena, and other Representatives get ready for the start of a special session of the New Mexico Legislature, in Santa Fe, Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
Senator Cindy Nava, D-Bernalillo, debates a bill she is co-sponsoring to give the state Department of Health the ability to set state-level immunization requirements, in part by decoupling from federal standards. This is during the special session going on at the Roundhouse, Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
Senator Jay Block, D-Rio Rancho, debates against a bill to give the state Department of Health the ability to set state-level immunization requirements, in part by decoupling from federal standards. This is during the special session going on at the Roundhouse, Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
