Gov. Susana Martinez on Thursday packed the 30-day legislative session agenda, introducing dozens of new issues for lawmakers to consider, including a proposal that would require a minor seeking an abortion to notify a parent or guardian and the reinstatement of the death penalty.

Another message proposed a two-year "cooling-off period" for public officers or legislators who leave public service to lobby the governor or state lawmakers.

Usually, a 30-day legislative session focuses on budgetary and financial matters. But the governor has the authority to ask lawmakers to consider non-budgetary matters through the use of executive messages.

Martinez sent roughly 80 messages to the House and Senate lawmakers Thursday.

Not everyone was happy.

"She just expanded a 30-day session to a 60-day session in one day," Sen. Majority Leader Michael Sanchez, D-Belen, said during an early-morning meeting.

A spokesman for Martinez responded that the governor's staff had worked with Democratic and Republican lawmakers for months on bills that the legislators had hoped would be heard.

"We agreed with the Legislature from the beginning to take a very accommodating approach and grant messages that would, in many cases, allow their legislation to be heard," Martinez spokesman Scott Darnell wrote in an email. "If the Democratic leadership would like us to be more restrictive, we are happy to do so."

Martinez isn't the first governor to expand a 30-day session's agenda. Lawmakers grumbled often when Martinez's predecessor, Gov. Bill Richardson, barraged them with executive messages during past 30-day sessions.

According to the Legislative Council Service, Richardson sent 205 messages to the Legislature in 2010 and 76 in 2008. In 2004, he sent 288 messages, the largest number of executive messages on a list that went back to 1966.

Martinez's executive messages covered a lot of areas: election reform; state procurement code reform; reform of New Mexico's pension systems for retired state workers and public educators; water conservation; proposed changes to New Mexico's concealed carry law; and increased penalties for public corruption.

Many of the executive messages represented Martinez's priorities.

One related to legislation that would give the governor and local authorities the power to ban the use of fireworks. Another related to legislation that would mandate that all agendas for meetings subject to the state's Open Meetings Act be available at least 72 hours prior to a public meeting.

But there were a few surprises. One message cleared the way for legislation that would prohibit a "golden parachute" or other extraordinary benefit to a public employee who resigns or is terminated for cause.

While some messages were vaguely written, others were very specific. One message involved the issuance of two additional bighorn sheep enhancement licenses — one to be sold at auction and the other by raffle. Proceeds from the auction and raffle are used for bighorn sheep research, management and propagation in New Mexico.

An executive message doesn't mean the Legislature must take up an issue — legislative leadership can choose not to act on the issue. Neither do executive messages telegraph a bill's chances.

New Mexico abolished the death penalty in 2009. Reinstating it seems unlikely, officials said.

Contact Trip Jennings at 986-3050 or at tjennings@sfnewmexican.com.