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The resources below gives information about bills in the current legislative session.
A full sixty-day session of the New Mexico Legislature is always an opportune time to pass needed legislation but can be fraught with dangers of measures not in line with good public policy. Bills that have been introduced thus far in the 2025 Legislative Session mirror these observations.
These are the number of bills, joint resolutions (calling for constitutional amendments), and memorials introduced up to February 13 in both chambers of the New Mexico Legislature:
NM House of Representatives
Bills: 420
Resolutions: 16
Memorials: 23
NM State Senate
Bills: 375
Resolutions: 10
Memorials: 6
The deadline for introduction of legislation is February 20 (only seven days from the date of this report). It would not be unusual for another 200 measures, or more, to be dropped into the hopper for consideration by that date.
Sixty-day sessions of the legislature are generally marked by a great number of bills dealing with social, cultural, health, environmental, educational, criminal justice, and taxation issues.
Due to the controversy surrounding the Children Youth & Families Department (CYFD) over the past several years a larger than normal number of measures dealing with the department have been introduced. Likewise, the urgent issue of illegal drugs (such as fentanyl) pouring into the state from the northern and southern borders has lawmakers’ attention.
The Christian Life Committee, while not a lobbying organization, is monitoring a number of measures that are of interest to New Mexico Baptists. By clicking on this link, you will be able to see the bills that are being tracked by the CLC.
Some bills deserve more attention rather than being included in a long list. The following bills are specifically listed for your information. If you want to look beyond the short summary that accompanies each bill, simply click on the bill number hyperlink and you will be able to view detailed information of each measure.
Most measures that might be tracked by the Christian Life Committee (CLC) have been introduced in either the House of Representatives or the New Mexico State Senate.
Bills in the two sections below, Bills Stalled in Committee and Bills Under Consideration have been found by the CLC to match concerns identified by New Mexico Baptists in resolutions passed by messengers at Annual Meetings of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico from 1995 to the present.
New Mexico Baptists may want to contact their representatives and senators to express their views of these bills.
The following bills are listed for your information. Click on the “+” beside a bill’s name to read a brief description. If you want to look beyond the short summary that accompanies each bill, simply click on the bill number hyperlink in the description and you will be able to view all information of each measure at the legislature’s official website.
House Bill 11 would codify a 12-week paid family medical leave (PFML) benefit for nearly all workers in the state and establish a state-run PFML program for employees who do not receive a qualifying benefit from their employer. The bill establishes procedures for administering and overseeing the state PFML program, calculating payroll tax contributions and leave benefits, and establishes mechanisms to maintain fund solvency.
Find more information about this bill at the NMLegis.gov website by clicking here.
House Bill 73 would completely remove the current statute of limitations for filing personal injury actions related to sexual abuse of children. The current limitation language in the statute is replaced by this phrase “may be commenced at any time” providing actions are not already pending.
Find more information about this bill at the NMLegis.gov website by clicking here.
House Bill 86 amends New Mexico’s criminal statutes regarding human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of children. The statute of limitations for prosecuting human trafficking offenses is eliminated and the age threshold for the crime of sexual exploitation of children by prostitution is raised from 16 to 18 years of age. The scope of human tracking is expanded by including harboring, maintaining, patronizing, and providing individuals for labor, services, or commercial sexual activity.
Find more information about this bill at the NMLegis.gov website by clicking here.
House Bill 234 mandates that medical care be given to all infants born alive, as evidenced by umbilical cord pulsation, respiratory effort, or heartbeat. Appropriate feeding must occur, and reasonable medical treatment must be given. The parents, parent, or guardian can withhold approval of treatment if that treatment is not lifesaving, has perceived risk to the infant, or would only briefly prolong life.
Abortion providers who deliver a born-alive infant must provide emergency care and then refer to an appropriate care giver in a hospital or call 911 for emergency transfer to a hospital if the abortion is being performed in a non-hospital setting. An infant born alive during an abortion procedure is to be considered a legal person, entitled to care.
Find more information about this bill at the NMLegis.gov website by clicking here.
Senate Bill 258 would create new human sexuality health education course requirements for students entering seventh grade in the 2027-2028 (SY28) school year and would require one half credit in high school health education for graduation for students entering ninth grade in SY28.
In middle school, SB258 would require age-appropriate human sexuality education aligned with Public Education Department (PED) academic content and performance standards. Local school boards and charter school governing bodies would be required to determine the grade level in middle school during which health education will be offered. Parents could opt for their children to be excluded from health education in middle school.
Find more information about this bill at the NMLegis.gov website by clicking here.
Senate Bill 322 sets limits as to when a strip search or cavity search may be performed in a detention facility. The bill also has provisions that prohibit cameras or filming in certain areas of a detention facility. Existing statutes regarding strip or body cavity searches are amended to specify how searches are conducted in juvenile detention facilities.
Find more information about this bill at the NMLegis.gov website by clicking here.
Senate Bill 347 enacts the Health Care Workers Conscience Protection Act. The bill would provide protection for health care workers who decline to participate in abortions or abortion-related services. Criminal liability, sanctions related to professional licensure, or professional or employment disciplinary action would not be allowed under the act.
Find more information about this bill at the NMLegis.gov website by clicking here.
Numerous pieces of legislation dropped into the House or Senate hoppers have been held up by the committees that determine if a bill’s subject matter is worthy of the entire chamber’s consideration.
The bills below, though introduced in either chamber, have been held up, and will die upon conclusion of the 2025 Legislative Session unless the holding committee takes action to send them to their respective chamber floor.
Bills will be listed here by the Christian Life Committee.
Bills will be listed here by the Christian Life Committee.
January 21 – Opening day (noon)
February 20 – Deadline for introduction
March 22 – Session ends (noon)
April 11 – Legislation not acted upon by governor is pocket vetoed
June 20 – Effective date of legislation not a general appropriation bill or a bill carrying an emergency clause or other specified date
To contact the New Mexico Legislature during the 2025 Session call 505-986-4300.