NM Gov praises malpractice reform, free child care, lawmakers as her final regular session ends

As her last regular legislative session ended, NM Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham praised lawmakers for bipartisanship work on medical malpractice and universal child care.

By: Joshua Bowling, Danielle Prokop, Patrick Lohmann

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: February 19, 2026

Words: 1,234

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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As her final regular legislative session officially concluded, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham gathered with Democratic House and Senate leaders Thursday afternoon for a news conference in which she praised leaders from both political parties for heeding her call of bipartisanship and passing high-priority legislation like medical malpractice reform and universal child care.

“We kid about how the last session for any governor, any body of legislators is zero fun,” Lujan Grisham said. …

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