NM Legislature day 29 recap: Burning the midnight oil

NM Legislature day 29 recap: Burning the midnight oil

Lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee began their work on the evening of Feb. 16, 2026. They didn’t leave the committee room until the next morning, when they rescheduled a controversial gun bill in the legislative session’s final days. (Patrick Lohmann/Source NM)The clock ticked past 12:40 a.m. Tuesday when members of a New Mexico House committee decided to shelve Senate Bill 17, the controversial measure that would require training and li…