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Photos: The Special Session on Public Safety

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For the first time ever, the New Mexico Legislature will have a female majority. Pictured are House Majority Whip Reena Szczepanski, D-Santa Fe, left, Rep. D. Wonda Johnson, D-Church Rock, center, and Rep. Cristina Parajon, D-Albuquerque, before the start of a special session in Santa Fe on July 18.
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House Democratic leaders including Leader Gail Chasey, D-Albuquerque, left, Rep. Nathan Small, D-Las Cruces, center, and Speaker Javier Martínez, D-Albuquerque, talk on the floor during a break in the special session in Santa Fe on Thursday.
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House Minority Leader Rod Montoya, R-Farmington, foreground, watches Thursday as House Speaker Javier Martínez, D-Albuquerque, speaks during a news conference following adjournment of a single-day special legislative session at the Roundhouse. A number of House and Senate Democrats participated in the news conference.
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Senate President Pro Tem. Mimi Stewart, D-Albuquerque and other House and Senate Democrats hold a news conference following the close of a special session, in Santa Fe, Thursday, July 18, 2024.
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House Min. Leader Rod Montoya, R-Farmington, right, watches a news conference by both House and Senate Democrats following the close of a special session, in Santa Fe, Thursday, July 18, 2024.
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House and Senate Democrats including House Maj. Whip Reena Szczepanski, D-Santa Fe, 3rd from left, and House Maj. Leader Gail Chasey, D-Albuquerque, center, get together for a news conference following the close of a special session, in Santa Fe, Thursday, July 18, 2024.
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Rep. Stefani Lord, R-Sandia Park, Rep. John Block, R-Alamogordo, talk with House Min. Leader Rod Montoya, R-Farmington, before the start of a special session to deal with public safety on Thursday.
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Ruidoso Mayor Lynn Crawford, center, thanks Sen. Bill Burt, R-Alamogordo, after a Senate committee endorsed a bill to provide funding for wildfire recovery efforts around his town. The bill was eventually approved by lawmakers during a single-day special session and signed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
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House Majority Leader Gail Chasey, D-Albuquerque, packs up her desk after a special session to address public safety adjourns without taking up most of the governor’s bills. Chasey is retiring from the Legislature at the end of the year.
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Rep. Harlan Vincent, R-Glencoe, is congratulated by Rep. Tara Lujan, D-Santa Fe, after HB1 passed the House Appropriations and Finance Committee, with money for victims of the fires in Ruidoso. This was during the early hours of a special session in Santa Fe on Thursday.
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Senator Mark Moores, R-Albuquerque, sits in his office at the State Capitol with his son Mark Donald Elipio Moores roaming the hall on Wednesday. Moores is sponsoring bills for Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham during the upcoming special session.
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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, center, with Lt. Gov. Howie Morales, left, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller, and other elected officials from around the state, talks about crime in New Mexico before signing a proclamation to start a special session. This is during a news conference in her office at the Roundhouse on Wednesday.
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New Mexico Chief Justice David Thomson addresses a meeting of the Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee, at the Roundhouse, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. A special session of the legislature starts on Thursday at the Roundhouse.
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Second Judicial District Attorney Sam Bregman, center, greets New Mexico Chief Justice David Thomson at the Roundhouse. Both men addressed a meeting of the Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee at the Roundhouse on July 17, the day before a one-day special session that failed to pass any of the governor’s proposed public safety bills.
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Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman, left, and Troy Gray, deputy district attorney in charge of the juvenile division, address a meeting of the Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe in July.
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Rep. Christine Chandler, D-Los Alamos, and Sen. Joseph Cervantes, D-Las Cruces, listen to a presentation by 2nd Judicial District Attorney Sam Bregman during a meeting of the Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee at the Roundhouse on Wednesday. Chandler and Cervantes serve as chairs of the House and Senate and will be key players in the upcoming special session that starts on Thursday.
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Miguel Mora, left, with Legislative Building Services and James Stewart, with Pace Audio Services, work to the the audio system in the House Chambers at the Roundhouse on Tuesday. They and dozens of people are busy getting the State Capitol ready for a special session that starts on Thursday.
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Rep. Christine Chandler, D-Los Alamos, left, and Sen. Joseph Cervantes, D-Las Cruces, make statements near the end of a meeting of the Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee, at the Roundhouse on Tuesday.
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Rep. Christine Chandler, D-Los Alamos, left, and Sen. Joseph Cervantes, D-Las Cruces, right, talk with newly appointed Rep. William Hall, R-Farmington, after a meeting of the Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee, at the Roundhouse on Tuesday. Hall was appointed to replace House Min. Leader Ryan Lane who left the legislature.
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Justin Allen, with Ole', finishes testifying during a meeting of the Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee, at the Roundhouse on Tuesday. Allen and others were speaking against certain bills being proposed for a special session that starts on Thursday.
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Daniel Ivey Soto, D-Albuquerque, asks a question of Justin Allen, with Ole', during a meeting of the Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee, at the Roundhouse on Tuesday. Allen and others were testifying against certain bills being proposed for a special session that starts on Thursday.
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