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The New Mexico House of Representatives adjourns for the night on Thursday, March 16, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

The New Mexico House of Representatives adjourns for the night on Thursday, March 16, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Republican state Rep. John Block of Alamogordo, foreground, stands during a debate on the House floor Friday, March 17, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. The House secured final passage of a bill that aims to protect abortion providers and patients from out-of-state interference, prosecution or extradition attempts on a 38-30 vote. Republicans including Block and several Democratic legislators voted against the bill. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Republican state Rep. John Block of Alamogordo, foreground, stands during a debate on the House floor Friday, March 17, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. The House secured final passage of a bill that aims to protect abortion providers and patients from out-of-state interference, prosecution or extradition attempts on a 38-30 vote. Republicans including Block and several Democratic legislators voted against the bill. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Republican state Rep. Larry Scott, left, of Hobbs, and Republican House Minority Leader T. Ryan Lane, of Aztec, chat during a lengthy House floor session on Friday, March 17, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico's Legislature approved a $1.1 billion tax relief package at the close of its annual session as lawmakers tapped a financial windfall from oil production. National tensions over voting rights, abortion access and gun safety were on prominent display during a 60-day legislative session. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Republican state Rep. Larry Scott, left, of Hobbs, and Republican House Minority Leader T. Ryan Lane, of Aztec, chat during a lengthy House floor session on Friday, March 17, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico's Legislature approved a $1.1 billion tax relief package at the close of its annual session as lawmakers tapped a financial windfall from oil production. National tensions over voting rights, abortion access and gun safety were on prominent display during a 60-day legislative session. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Democratic House Speaker Javier Martinez of Albuquerque, N.M., discusses legislative accomplishments on Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico's Legislature approved a $1.1 billion tax relief package at the close of its annual session as lawmakers tapped a financial windfall from oil production to break through entrenched cycles of poverty. National tensions over voting rights, abortion access and gun safety were on prominent display during a 60-day legislative session. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Democratic House Speaker Javier Martinez of Albuquerque, N.M., discusses legislative accomplishments on Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico's Legislature approved a $1.1 billion tax relief package at the close of its annual session as lawmakers tapped a financial windfall from oil production to break through entrenched cycles of poverty. National tensions over voting rights, abortion access and gun safety were on prominent display during a 60-day legislative session. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Democratic state Sen. Siah Correa Hemphill of Silver City, N.M., raises her hand to vote no against a bill on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico's Legislature had until noon on Saturday to send bills to the governor. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Democratic state Sen. Siah Correa Hemphill of Silver City, N.M., raises her hand to vote no against a bill on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico's Legislature had until noon on Saturday to send bills to the governor. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham discusses legislative accomplishments on Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico's Legislature approved a $1.1 billion tax relief package at the close of its annual session as lawmakers tapped a financial windfall from oil production to break through entrenched cycles of poverty. National tensions over voting rights, abortion access and gun safety were on prominent display during a 60-day legislative session. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham discusses legislative accomplishments on Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico's Legislature approved a $1.1 billion tax relief package at the close of its annual session as lawmakers tapped a financial windfall from oil production to break through entrenched cycles of poverty. National tensions over voting rights, abortion access and gun safety were on prominent display during a 60-day legislative session. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Democratic state Rep. Gail Chasey, left, of Albuquerque, leads an hourslong debate about an abortion bill on the House floor on Friday, March 17, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. The House secured final passage of the bill that aims to protect abortion providers and patients from out-of-state interference, prosecution or extradition attempts on a 38-30 vote of the House. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Democratic state Rep. Gail Chasey, left, of Albuquerque, leads an hourslong debate about an abortion bill on the House floor on Friday, March 17, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. The House secured final passage of the bill that aims to protect abortion providers and patients from out-of-state interference, prosecution or extradition attempts on a 38-30 vote of the House. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Republican state Rep. Greg Nibert of Roswell, N.M., discusses GOP legislative accomplishments on Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico's Legislature approved a $1.1 billion tax relief package at the close of its annual session as lawmakers tapped a financial windfall from oil production to break through entrenched cycles of poverty. National tensions over voting rights, abortion access and gun safety were on prominent display during a 60-day legislative session. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Republican state Rep. Greg Nibert of Roswell, N.M., discusses GOP legislative accomplishments on Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico's Legislature approved a $1.1 billion tax relief package at the close of its annual session as lawmakers tapped a financial windfall from oil production to break through entrenched cycles of poverty. National tensions over voting rights, abortion access and gun safety were on prominent display during a 60-day legislative session. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

A visitor enters the New Mexico state Capitol building in Santa Fe, N.M., on Thursday, March 16, 2023, as legislators debated late into the evening. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

A visitor enters the New Mexico state Capitol building in Santa Fe, N.M., on Thursday, March 16, 2023, as legislators debated late into the evening. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Democratic state Rep. Derrick Lente of Sandia Pueblo leads discussion of a tax-relief package as a conference committee negotiates a compromised between House and Senate legislators on Thursday, March 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Democratic state Rep. Derrick Lente of Sandia Pueblo leads discussion of a tax-relief package as a conference committee negotiates a compromised between House and Senate legislators on Thursday, March 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Republican House Minority Leader T. Ryan Lane of Aztec, N.M., discusses GOP legislative accomplishments on Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico's Legislature approved a $1.1 billion tax relief package at the close of its annual session as lawmakers tapped a financial windfall from oil production in efforts to break through entrenched cycles of poverty. National tensions over voting rights, abortion access and gun safety were on prominent display during a 60-day legislative session. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Republican House Minority Leader T. Ryan Lane of Aztec, N.M., discusses GOP legislative accomplishments on Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico's Legislature approved a $1.1 billion tax relief package at the close of its annual session as lawmakers tapped a financial windfall from oil production in efforts to break through entrenched cycles of poverty. National tensions over voting rights, abortion access and gun safety were on prominent display during a 60-day legislative session. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

A pedestrian traverses the rotunda in the New Mexico state Capitol building in Santa Fe, N.M., on Thursday, March 16, 2023, as legislators debated late into the evening inside House and Senate chambers. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

A pedestrian traverses the rotunda in the New Mexico state Capitol building in Santa Fe, N.M., on Thursday, March 16, 2023, as legislators debated late into the evening inside House and Senate chambers. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Democratic state Rep. Gail Chasey, of Albuquerque, leads an hourslong debate about an abortion bill on the House floor on Friday, March 17, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. The House secured final passage of the bill that aims to protect abortion providers and patients from out-of-state interference, prosecution or extradition attempts on a 38-30 vote. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Democratic state Rep. Gail Chasey, of Albuquerque, leads an hourslong debate about an abortion bill on the House floor on Friday, March 17, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. The House secured final passage of the bill that aims to protect abortion providers and patients from out-of-state interference, prosecution or extradition attempts on a 38-30 vote. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Republican state Rep. Gail Armstrong of Magdalena, N.M., discusses GOP legislative accomplishments on Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico's Legislature approved a $1.1 billion tax relief package at the close of its annual session as lawmakers tapped a financial windfall from oil production to break through entrenched cycles of poverty. National tensions over voting rights, abortion access and gun safety were on prominent display during a 60-day legislative session. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Republican state Rep. Gail Armstrong of Magdalena, N.M., discusses GOP legislative accomplishments on Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico's Legislature approved a $1.1 billion tax relief package at the close of its annual session as lawmakers tapped a financial windfall from oil production to break through entrenched cycles of poverty. National tensions over voting rights, abortion access and gun safety were on prominent display during a 60-day legislative session. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, center left, discusses legislative accomplishments on Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico's Legislature approved a $1.1 billion tax relief package at the close of its annual session as lawmakers tapped a financial windfall from oil production in efforts to break through entrenched cycles of poverty. National tensions over voting rights, abortion access and gun safety were on prominent display during a 60-day legislative session. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, center left, discusses legislative accomplishments on Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico's Legislature approved a $1.1 billion tax relief package at the close of its annual session as lawmakers tapped a financial windfall from oil production in efforts to break through entrenched cycles of poverty. National tensions over voting rights, abortion access and gun safety were on prominent display during a 60-day legislative session. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Democratic state Rep. Debra Sariñana of Santa Fe, N.M., debates an abortion-rights bill on the House floor on Friday, March 17, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. The House secured final passage of the bill that aims to protect abortion providers and patients from out-of-state interference, prosecution or extradition attempts on a 38-30 vote. Republicans and a few Democrats, including Rep. Joseph Sanchez of Alcalde, left, voted against the bill. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Democratic state Rep. Debra Sariñana of Santa Fe, N.M., debates an abortion-rights bill on the House floor on Friday, March 17, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. The House secured final passage of the bill that aims to protect abortion providers and patients from out-of-state interference, prosecution or extradition attempts on a 38-30 vote. Republicans and a few Democrats, including Rep. Joseph Sanchez of Alcalde, left, voted against the bill. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

New Mexico state Sen. William Burt, R-Alamogordo, argues against a failed bill that would have banned local government participation in contracts to detain migrants as they pursue asylum in the U.S., on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. New Mexico's had until noon on Saturday to send bills to the governor for consideration. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

New Mexico state Sen. William Burt, R-Alamogordo, argues against a failed bill that would have banned local government participation in contracts to detain migrants as they pursue asylum in the U.S., on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. New Mexico's had until noon on Saturday to send bills to the governor for consideration. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)