Sat Mar 8 4:43PM - 13 days, 18 hours left in session
| Sponsors | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rep. Andrea Reeb | 64 | Chaves, Curry & Roosevelt |
| Rep. John Block | 51 | Otero |
| Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| HCPAC ✓ | Passed, Feb 18, with Do Pass recommendation | ||
| HJC ❓ | Possibly heard on Mar 7; it may take 1-2 days to learn status. | ||
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: [4] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC [7] DP-HJC
| Legis Day | Action | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | referred | HCPAC/HJC | ||
| 4 | sent | HCPAC | ||
| 7 | passed | HCPAC (view committee report) | DP | 6-0 |
| 7 | sent | HJC |
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.
| Feb 5 | filed: [Prefiled by Andrea Reeb; not yet on nmlegis] |
| [new] | |
| sent to HCPAC | |
| title: '[prefiled by Andrea Reeb; Not Yet on Nmlegis]' -> 'Telephone, Text & Social Media Crimes' | |
| actions: 'HPREF' -> '[4] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC' | |
| new sponsor: Andrea Reeb | |
| Feb 10 | added to HCPAC agenda on Tue Feb 18, 13:30 |
| Feb 14 | removed from HCPAC agenda Tue Feb 18, 13:30 |
| Feb 15 | added to HCPAC agenda on Tue Feb 18, 13:30 |
| Feb 18 | new sponsor: John Block |
| Feb 19 | passed HCPAC; sent to HJC |
| actions: '[4] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC' -> '[4] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC [7] DP-HJC' | |
| Mar 5 | scheduled for HJC on Fri Mar 7, 13:30 |
HOUSE BILL 287
57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025
INTRODUCED BY
Andrea Reeb and John Block
AN ACT
RELATING TO CRIME; AMENDING THE CRIME OF THE USE OF A TELEPHONE TO TERRIFY, INTIMIDATE, THREATEN, HARASS, ANNOY OR OFFEND TO INCLUDE TEXT MESSAGES AND SOCIAL MEDIA.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 30-20-12 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967, Chapter 120, Section 2) is amended to read:
"30-20-12. USE OF TELEPHONE, TEXT MESSAGE OR SOCIAL MEDIA TO TERRIFY, INTIMIDATE, THREATEN, HARASS, ANNOY OR OFFEND--PENALTY.--
A. It [shall be] is unlawful for any person, with intent to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy or offend, to telephone, [another] text message or contact via social media, and use any obscene, lewd or profane language or suggest any lewd, criminal or lascivious act or threaten to inflict injury or physical harm to the person or property of any person. It [shall] is also [be] unlawful for [any] a person to attempt by use of telephone, text message or contact via social media to extort money or other thing of value from any other person, or to otherwise disturb by repeated anonymous telephone calls, text messages or contact via social media the peace, quiet or right of privacy of any other person at the place where the telephone [call or] calls [were], text messages or contact via social media was received, or to maliciously make a telephone call, send a text message or contact via social media, whether or not conversation ensues, with intent to annoy or disturb another, or to disrupt the telecommunications of another.
B. The use of obscene, lewd or profane language or the making of a threat or statement as set forth in Subsection A of this section shall be prima facie evidence of intent to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy or offend.
C. Any offense committed by use of a telephone, a text message or social media as set forth in this section shall be deemed to have been committed at either the place where the telephone [call or] calls, text messages or contact via social media originated or at the place where the telephone [call or] calls [were], text messages or contact via social media was received.
D. [Whosoever] Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, unless such person has previously been convicted of such offense or of an offense under the laws of another state or of the United States [which] that would have been an offense under this section if committed in this state, in which case such person is guilty of a fourth degree felony."
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