Known as pocket vetoes, bills the governor didn't act on by the Friday deadline are effectively vetoed and won't become law.

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Michelle Lujan Grisham’s veto pocket. The deadline for the governor to act on bills was Friday. The day came and went with 17 bills that had passed the House and Senate going unsigned.