38 views Source: The Santa Fe New Mexican Jul. 1—The legalization of recreational marijuana generated the most attention during the regular and special legislative sessions earlier this year. But lawmakers passed dozens of other pieces of legislation that may touch the lives of everyday New Mexicans. Among the higher-profile bills signed into law by the governor that go into effect by July 1: * Senate Bill 10 repealed a half-century-old law that criminalized abortion in New Mexico. The 1969 statute had been unenforceable because of Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that found overly restrictive state government regulations of abortion unconstitutional. But amid concerns the U.S. Supreme Court would overturn or weaken that decision, some of the state's leading Democrats made the repeal a top priority after an effort two years prior failed.