ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — State lawmakers are set to convene Tuesday at noon for the regular, 60-day session of the New Mexico Legislature.

Soon after the session officially begins, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will give her annual State of the State address. Then, state lawmakers will begin the process of introducing, debating and voting on however many bills they can get through in 60 days.

State lawmakers have already prefiled more than 100 proposals – and those are just the ones that are ready to go. There are dozens – if not hundreds – more proposals still being tweaked, including several behavioral health-related bills. Democratic leaders from both the House and Senate say they plan to prioritize those issues in the first 30 days so they have plenty of time to get it right.

Lawmakers plan to focus on behavioral health but we still don’t know what exactly is in their package. We know the focus is to increase resources for substance abuse and mental health treatment across the state, while also rewriting state laws to require certain criminal suspects to get the treatment they need.

Many leaders describe it as rebuilding the system.

“And I want to emphasize the word rebuild, because that system was decimated 10 years ago. So we have been playing catch up ever since. And so now we’re at a point where we have a very good plan, both on the services side, the infrastructure side, as well as on the policy side,” New Mexico House Speaker Javier Martinez said.

Public safety is likely to be another theme during this session. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want to increase the punishments for certain gun crimes, human trafficking and fentanyl issues.

Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman is also calling for serious changes to New Mexico’s juvenile justice laws to get a handle on teen crimes, especially gun crimes. House Republicans say they’re on board – and a Democrat is carrying the bill.

“These kids are getting younger and younger and committing serious adult crimes. So like I said, we’re looking forward to partnering with DA Bregman’s office on solutions to this issue,” state Rep. Alan Martinez said.

The governor called a special session last summer to address public safety issues in the state – but it didn’t last long. Lawmakers said they didn’t want to rush things through just to pass something.