Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s controversial public safety executive order expired Saturday and will not be renewed, as parts of it remain active through memorandums of understanding.
The executive order imposed firearm restrictions including temporary bans on firearms in public parks and playgrounds in Bernalillo County, expanded firearm sales oversights and added public school wastewater testing for fentanyl.
“The public health order, though temporary, allowed us to implement urgent and necessary measures that have had a measurable, positive effect on public safety in our state,” Lujan Grisham said in a press release. “I have decided to allow the public health order to expire, but our fight to protect New Mexico communities from the dangers posed by guns and illegal drugs will continue.” …
Lujan Grisham called a special session in July that was intended to discuss and pass items on her public safety agenda that, instead, passed one bill that included funding for the session itself, fire and flood assistance and court-based behavioral health programs.
Lujan Grisham was disappointed that the legislature only passed the one bill after Democratic legislators found the items on the governor’s agenda were not ready for legislative discussion.
— Nicole Maxwell in Lujan Grisham Lets Firearms Order Expire