Lawmakers convene for 2025 New Mexico special session: Photos

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First-term Sens. Cindy Nava, D-Bernalillo, and Steve Lanier, R-Aztec, record a social media video after the Senate wrapped up a two-day special session in this Oct. 2 file photo. The social media post was intended to show how Democrats and Republicans work together in the Legislature.
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House Speaker Javier Martínez, D-Albuquerque, shakes hands with Rep. William Hall, R-Farmington, on the House floor after the end of a two-day special session on Thursday. U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., is shown cheering them on in the background.
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Sen. Jay Block, R-Rio Rancho, left, and Sen. Carrie Hamblen, D-Las Cruces, talk on the Senate floor before the start of the floor session on the second day of a special session at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe on Thursday. Hamblen co-sponsored a bill to bolster the Health Care Affordability Fund used to help New Mexicans get health insurance.
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House Speaker Javier Martínez, D-Albuquerque, talks with other Democratic lawmakers after the end of a special session at the Roundhouse on Thursday. Legislators passed five bills during the two-day special session, and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is expected to sign the bills in the coming days.
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U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M. takes a cell phone photo during a Thursday news conference after the end of a two-day special session. Stansbury, a former state House member, lauded Democratic legislators in New Mexico for taking action to address the looming impacts of a federal budget bill.
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From left, House Min. Leader Gail Armstrong, R-Magdalena, and Sen. Min. Whip John "Pat" Woods, R-Broadview, along with other Republican leaders held a news conference to talk about the special session going on at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe, Thursday, October 2, 2025.
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House Minority Leader Gail Armstrong, R-Magdalena, speaks during a Thursday news conference at the Roundhouse, while other Republican legislators look on. GOP legislators said they were largely excluded by majority Democrats from special session planning meetings and bill drafting discusssions.
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Rep. Cristina Parajón, D-Albuquerque, gets ready for the start of a floor session on the second day of a legislative special session called by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. Lawmakers approved five bills during the special session, which ended Thursday evening.
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Senate Minority Leader William Sharer, R-Farmington, left, and Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, talk on the Senate Floor before the start of the second day of a special session called by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. The Senate adjourned after wrapping up its work around mid-day Thursday.
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Sen. Carrie Hamblen, D-Las Cruces, left, and Sen. Linda Trujillo, D-Santa Fe, talk on the Senate floor during a special session of the state Legislature Thursday.
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Rep. Mark Murphy, R-Roswell, talks with House Majority Whip Dayan Hochman-Vigil, D-Albuquerque, on the House floor Thursday before the start of the second day of a special session. The House adjourned late in the day after several lengthy bill debates.
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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.
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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.
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House Minority Leader Gail Armstrong, R-Magdalena, readies for the start of a special session of the New Mexico Legislature last week in Santa Fe. Armstrong recently sent a letter to New Mexico’s two U.S. senators about the impacts of an ongoing federal government shutdown.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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