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House Bill 87

Non-Consensual Touching Clarification [view on nmlegis.gov]

Financial Analysis: FIR


Sponsor
Rep. Dayan Hochman-Vigil 15 Bernalillo

Status
House🗓 Sat Mar 812:00 PMHouse Floor 


"Official" History

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 [3] DP-HJC [8] DP/a

Legis DayActionDetails
0 prefile H
2 referred HCPAC/HJC
2 sent HCPAC
3 passed HCPAC (view committee report) DP 6-0
3 sent HJC
8 passed HJC (view committee report) DP/a 10-0


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 13 filed: NON-CONSENSUAL TOUCHING CLARIFICATION
Jan 23 referred to HCPAC/HJC; sent to HCPAC
actions: 'HPREF' -> 'HPREF [2] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC'
Jan 30 scheduled for HCPAC on Tue Feb 4, 13:30
Feb 2 removed from HCPAC agenda Tue Feb 4, 13:30
added to HCPAC agenda on Tue Feb 4, 13:30
Feb 5 passed HCPAC; sent to HJC
actions: 'HPREF [2] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC' -> 'HPREF [2] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC [3] DP-HJC'
Feb 19 scheduled for HJC on Fri Feb 21, 13:30
Feb 24 passed HJC; sent to Speaker's Table
on House calendar for Tue Feb 25, 10:38
actions: 'HPREF [2] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC [3] DP-HJC' -> 'HPREF [2] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC [3] DP-HJC [8] DP/a-T'
Feb 25 actions: 'HPREF [2] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC [3] DP-HJC [8] DP/a-T' -> 'HPREF [2] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC [3] DP-HJC [8] DP/a'
on House calendar for Wed Feb 26, 10:30
Feb 26 on House calendar for Thu Feb 27, 10:30
Feb 27 on House calendar for Fri Feb 28, 10:30
Feb 28 on House calendar for Sat Mar 1, 13:00
Mar 2 on House calendar for Mon Mar 3, 10:30
Mar 3 on House calendar for Tue Mar 4, 10:30
Mar 4 on House calendar for Wed Mar 5, 10:30
Mar 5 on House calendar for Thu Mar 6, 10:30
Mar 6 on House calendar for Fri Mar 7, 10:30
Mar 7 on House calendar for Sat Mar 8, 12:00

HOUSE BILL 87

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025

INTRODUCED BY

Dayan Hochman-Vigil

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATED TO CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONTACT; ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE NON-CONSENSUAL TOUCHING BE TO AN UNCLOTHED INTIMATE PART.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. Section 30-9-12 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975, Chapter 109, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:

     "30-9-12. CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONTACT.--

          A. Criminal sexual contact is the unlawful and intentional touching of or application of force, without consent, to the [unclothed] intimate parts of another who has reached [his eighteenth birthday] eighteen years of age, or intentionally causing another who has reached [his eighteenth birthday] eighteen years of age to touch one's intimate parts.

          B. Criminal sexual contact does not include touching by a psychotherapist on [his] a patient that is:

                (1) inadvertent;

                (2) casual social contact not intended to be sexual in nature; or

                (3) generally recognized by mental health professionals as being a legitimate element of psychotherapy.

          C. Criminal sexual contact in the fourth degree consists of all criminal sexual contact perpetrated:

                (1) by the use of force or coercion that results in personal injury to the victim;

                (2) by the use of force or coercion when the perpetrator is aided or abetted by one or more persons; or

                (3) when the perpetrator is armed with a deadly weapon.

          D. Whoever commits criminal sexual contact in the fourth degree is guilty of a fourth degree felony.

          [D.] E. Criminal sexual contact is a misdemeanor when perpetrated with the use of force or coercion.

          [E.] F. For the purposes of this section, "intimate parts" means the primary genital area, groin, buttocks, anus or breast."

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