New Mexico Legislature

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The New Mexico Legislature is the bicameral state lawmaking body of New Mexico, composed of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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instanceOf bicameral legislature
state legislature
alsoKnownAs New Mexico State Legislature
canOverrideGovernorVeto yes
country United States
dominantParties Democratic Party
Republican Party
electionCycleHouse every 2 years
electionCycleSenate every 4 years
establishedBy Constitution of New Mexico
establishedIn 1912
governedBy Constitution of New Mexico
hasComponent New Mexico House of Representatives
New Mexico Senate
hasHouse New Mexico House of Representatives
New Mexico Senate
hasLeadershipPosition Majority Leader
Minority Leader
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
Speaker of the House
houseType lower house
upper house
jurisdiction State of New Mexico
linked to: New Mexico
language English
legislativeBodyOf New Mexico
legislativeSessions regular sessions
special sessions
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone
lowerHouse New Mexico House of Representatives
meetsIn New Mexico State Capitol
Santa Fe, New Mexico
numberOfHouses 2
numberOfMembersHouse 70
numberOfMembersSenate 42
oversees state budget of New Mexico
partySystem multi-party system
predecessor Territorial Legislature of New Mexico
primaryFunction appropriate state funds
enact state laws
levy state taxes
propose constitutional amendments
regularSessionLengthEvenYears 30 days
regularSessionLengthOddYears 60 days
sessionFrequency annual
termLimits no term limits for legislators
upperHouse New Mexico Senate
vetoOverrideRequirement two-thirds majority in each house
votingSystem first-past-the-post
website https://www.nmlegis.gov/

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Loving hasStateRepresentation New Mexico Legislature
New Mexico House of Representatives partOf New Mexico Legislature
New Mexico House of Representatives hasUpperHouse New Mexico Senate
linked to: New Mexico Legislature
New Mexico Territorial Legislature followedBy New Mexico Legislature
Government of New Mexico hasBranch Legislative branch of New Mexico
linked to: New Mexico Legislature
Government of New Mexico legislativeBody New Mexico Legislature
Government of New Mexico hasChamber New Mexico Senate
linked to: New Mexico Legislature
New Mexico Legislature hasComponent New Mexico Senate
linked to: New Mexico Legislature
New Mexico Legislature alsoKnownAs New Mexico State Legislature
linked to: New Mexico Legislature
New Mexico Legislature hasHouse New Mexico Senate
linked to: New Mexico Legislature
New Mexico Constitution defines New Mexico Legislature
subject linked to: New Mexico state constitution