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

"We go through it line by line, word by word," Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham told KOAT. "It's actually a lot more work than it ...

A failure to meet these timetables would give an aggrieved state the right to approach the high court or the Supreme Court, ...

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In order to solve these two problems, the Framers crafted the Pocket Veto Clause. If the president refuses to approve or return the bill within ten days (not including Sunday), the bill ...

The governor directly vetoed 18 bills this year, including proposals expanding income tax credits to low-income New Mexicans, ...

But the so-called "pocket veto" could be abolished starting in 2027, under a measure approved by lawmakers during this year's 60-day session. The change, which was approved without a single "no ...

During the past legislative session, there were a number of efforts to change how the political body works. Those included bills to pay members of the only unpaid legislature in the country and ...

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.