Sat Mar 8 5:22PM - 13 days, 17 hours left in session
| Sponsor | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rep. Andrea Reeb | 64 | Chaves, Curry & Roosevelt |
| Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| HCPAC ❓ | Was scheduled for Feb 8. No vote recorded. Presumed stalled. | ||
| HJC | |||
This is the official nmlegis action history. I'm doing my best to translate the LONG/WEIRD-STRING to something less gibberishy. And before you ask, no, the "Legis Day" number has no mapping to the real world.
Actions: HPREF [2] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC
| Legis Day | Action | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | prefile | H |
| 2 | referred | HCPAC/HJC |
| 2 | sent | HCPAC |
This table shows bill actions detected on Ed's system, using heuristics that may not be 100% accurate and which may not reflect the "official" nmlegis chronology. It is probably more than you care to know.
| Jan 16 | filed: TRAFFIC OFFENSE VIDEO TESTIMONY |
| Jan 27 | referred to HCPAC/HJC; sent to HCPAC |
| actions: 'HPREF' -> 'HPREF [2] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC' | |
| Jan 30 | scheduled for HCPAC on Sat Feb 8, 09:00 |
| Feb 2 | removed from HCPAC agenda Sat Feb 8, 09:00 |
| added to HCPAC agenda on Sat Feb 8, 09:00 |
HOUSE BILL 105
57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025
INTRODUCED BY
Andrea Reeb
AN ACT
RELATING TO TRAFFIC OFFENSES; PROVIDING FOR TESTIMONY BY INTERACTIVE VIDEO; PROVIDING FOR IMPLIED CONSENT TO A LABORATORY ANALYST'S OR TOXICOLOGIST'S APPEARANCE BY VIDEO.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. A new section of the Implied Consent Act is enacted to read:
"[NEW MATERIAL] PROCEDURE--VIDEO APPEARANCE.--If a party subpoenas an analyst or toxicologist to testify at a court proceeding for any purpose, the analyst or toxicologist may appear by interactive video. An interactive video appearance shall provide a full and meaningful opportunity to question and cross-examine the witness in plain sight and clear hearing of the judge, the jury, all parties and counsel, with the witness able to clearly see and hear the proceeding."
SECTION 2. Section 66-8-107 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, Chapter 35, Section 515, as amended) is amended to read:
"66-8-107. IMPLIED CONSENT TO SUBMIT TO CHEMICAL TEST--COURT APPEARANCE BY VIDEO.--
A. [Any] A person who operates a motor vehicle within this state shall be deemed to have given consent, subject to the provisions of the Implied Consent Act, to chemical tests of [his] that person's breath or blood or both, approved by the scientific laboratory division of the department of health pursuant to the provisions of Section 24-1-22 NMSA 1978 as determined by a law enforcement officer, or for the purpose of determining the drug or alcohol content of [his] the person's blood if the person is arrested for any offense arising out of the acts alleged to have been committed while the person was driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicating liquor or drug.
B. A test of blood or breath or both, approved by the scientific laboratory division of the department of health pursuant to the provisions of Section 24-1-22 NMSA 1978, shall be administered at the direction of a law enforcement officer having reasonable grounds to believe the person to have been driving a motor vehicle within this state while under the influence of an intoxicating liquor or drug.
C. If a laboratory analyst who performed a chemical test or a toxicologist from the laboratory where the test was performed who will testify as an expert on the results of the chemical testing is subpoenaed to testify at a court proceeding about chemical testing that was performed pursuant to this section, the defendant shall be deemed to have given consent to the analyst's or toxicologist's appearance by means of interactive video."
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