Sat Mar 8 4:57PM - 13 days, 18 hours left in session
| Sponsors | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sen. Antonio Maestas | 26 | Bernalillo |
| Rep. Joshua N. Hernandez | 60 | Sandoval |
| Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SJC | [Referred, not scheduled] | ||
| SFC | |||
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: [2] SJC/SFC-SJC
| Legis Day | Action | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | referred | SJC/SFC |
| 2 | sent | SJC |
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 27 | filed: [Prefiled by Antonio Maestas; not yet on nmlegis] |
| [new] | |
| sent to SJC | |
| title: '[prefiled by Antonio Maestas; Not Yet on Nmlegis]' -> 'Crime of Cyberbullying' | |
| actions: 'SPREF' -> '[2] SJC/SFC-SJC' | |
| new sponsor: Antonio Maestas | |
| Feb 7 | new sponsor: Joshua N. Hernandez |
SENATE BILL 149
57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025
INTRODUCED BY
Antonio Maestas and Joshua N. Hernandez
AN ACT
RELATING TO CRIME; CREATING THE CRIME OF CYBERBULLYING; PROVIDING PENALTIES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. A new section of Chapter 30, Article 6 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
"[NEW MATERIAL] CYBERBULLYING--PENALTIES.--
A. Cyberbullying consists of a person communicating directly or indirectly, in writing or electronically, with a public school or private school student with reckless disregard that the communication may have the effect of:
(1) placing the student in reasonable fear of physical harm;
(2) causing a substantially detrimental effect on the student's physical or mental health;
(3) substantially interfering with the student's academic performance; or
(4) substantially interfering with the student's ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities or privileges provided by a school.
B. Whoever commits cyberbullying is guilty of a misdemeanor.
C. Whoever commits cyberbullying when the cyberbullying results in physical harm or great psychological harm is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
D. Whoever commits cyberbullying when the cyberbullying results in great physical harm is guilty of a third degree felony.
E. Whoever commits cyberbullying when the cyberbullying results in death is guilty of a second degree felony.
F. As used in this section:
(1) "great physical harm" means physical harm of a type that causes physical loss of a bodily member or organ or functional loss of a bodily member or organ for a prolonged period of time;
(2) "great psychological harm" means psychological harm that causes mental or emotional incapacitation for a prolonged period of time or that causes extreme behavioral change or severe physical symptoms that require psychological or psychiatric care;
(3) "physical harm" means an injury to the body that causes substantial pain or incapacitation; and
(4) "student" means any resident of New Mexico who is enrolled in a public or private school as defined in Subsection K or L of Section 22-1-2 NMSA 1978."
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