Below are the bills we have been tracking this legislative session. This page will be updated daily with any new information regarding these bills. To read the full text of these bills, go to http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/BillFinder/Number.
| Bill Number | Subject/Title | Sponsor(s) | LJC’s Position | Committee/Status
Date Scheduled |
| HB 31 | MILITARY JUSTICE CODE SEX CRIMES DEFINITIONS | Sariñana (D) | Neutral | Passed House, Sent to SHPAC |
| HB 40 | PRIVATE DETENTION FACILITY MORATORIUM ACT | Bash (D) | Neutral | Substantially amended by HJC, Sent to HAFC (Substitute Bill HB 352 introduced) |
| HB 56 | SEX OFFENDER & HUMAN TRAFFICKING CHANGES | Louis (D) | Oppose | Passed House, Sent to SJC |
| HB 62 | PROSECUTION TIME LIMIT FOR CERTAIN FELONIES | Rhem (R) | Oppose | Sent to HCPAC, Formally tabled on 2/15/21 |
| HB 73 | HUMAN TRAFFICKING & CHILD EXPLOITATION ACT | Trujillo (D) | Oppose | Sent to HCPAC |
| HB 74 | FELON VOTING RIGHTS CHANGES | Gail Chasey (D) | Oppose | Substantially amended by HJC, Passed the House, Sent to SRC |
| HB 80 | PRETRIAL DETENTION REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION | Rhem (R) | Oppose | Sent to HCPAC |
| HB 114 | HABITUAL OFFENDER JUDICIAL FLEXIBILITY | Cadena (D) | Support | Passed the House, Sent to SHPAC |
| HB 140 | ELIMINATE SOME MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES | Bash (D) | Support | Sent to HCPAC |
| HB 143 | CRIME VICTIM INTERVIEWS | Dixen (D) | Oppose | Passed HCPAC, Sent to HJC |
| HB 191 | CORRECTIONS OMBUDSMAN ACT | Cadena (D) | Support | Passed HJC, Sent to HAFC |
| HB 201 | PROBATION RELEASE FOR SOME DEFENDANTS | Cadena (D) | Undetermined | Passed HJC, Sent to House Calendar |
| HB 226 | GRAND JURY TARGETS, DATES & EVIDENCE | Bash (D) | Support | Scheduled for HJC 2/24/21 |
| SB 36 | ALLOW REMOTE COURT TESTIMONY | Padilla (D) | Oppose | Sent to SJC |
| SB 141 | PROBATION & PAROLE SANCTIONS | Duhigg (D) | Support | Passed SHPAC, Sent to SJC |
| SB 291 | INSPECTION OF PRIVATE PRISONS | Campos (D) | Support | Scheduled for SJC 2/24/21 |
| SB 310 | CHILD SEX CRIME STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS | Steinborn (D) | Oppose | Sent to SHPAC |
Key to Committees
HCPAC: House Consumer & Public Affairs
HJC: House Judiciary Committee
SJC: Senate Judiciary Committee
SHPAC: Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee
SFC: Senate Finance Committee
HSIVC: House State Government, Indian & Veterans’ Affairs
HAFC: House Appropriations & Finance Committee
SRC: Senate Rules Committee
One of the worst states for charging a person with a sex offense is Arizona. If you are charged with relieving yourself on the side of a highway while traveling, you will be on a sex offender registry for 25 years once you serve 10 years! A young man physically involved with his girlfriend, can be charged with molestation, held until an adult, charged as an adult and sentenced to 10 to 15 years as a sex offender!! New Mexico should be above this type of labeling and prosecution! I was born here, love my state and own property here. My son will be coming home after 13 years in prison in Arizona for “attempted” molestation, which he was charged with by an alcoholic wife. He has never, ever done anything like this, he had absolutely no physical evidence against him, and because New Mexico’s Legislature will not fully review how these sex offender laws hurt so many people my son is coming home to more “out of prison rules” that will negatively impact his life! Please be courageous enough to take the time to discuss your sex offender laws with people from Liberty and Justice Coalition…because these people live under the c.oud of these repressive laws!! Thank you!