NM Legislature final day recap: Sine die for the governor’s final regular session

By: Joshua Bowling, Patrick Lohmann, Danielle Prokop

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: February 19, 2026

Words: 1,013

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago


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The 2026 New Mexico legislative session is officially over. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and leaders from both chambers of the state Legislature on Thursday hailed the passage of key priorities such as universal no-cost child care, medical malpractice reform and an ICE detention ban.

Some of the governor’s priorities, including a bill to ban the sale of certain firearms and bills to join several interstate compacts for licensed professionals, did not make …

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