New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HB163 Compare Versions

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28	28	HOUSE BILL 163
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30	30	TH LEGISLATURE
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42	42	FIRST SESSION
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45	45	2025
46	46	INTRODUCED BY
47	47	Andrea Reeb and William A. Hall II and Nicole Chavez
48	48	AN ACT
49	49	RELATING TO CHILDREN; AMENDING THE DELINQUENCY ACT TO INCLUDE
50	50	UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CANNABIS AND ALCOHOL IN THE DEFINITION
51	51	OF "DELINQUENT ACT".
52	52	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
53	53	SECTION 1. Section 32A-2-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993,
54	54	Chapter 77, Section 32, as amended) is amended to read:
55	55	"32A-2-3. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Delinquency Act:
56	56	A. "delinquent act" means:
57	57	(1) an act committed by a child that would be
58	58	designated as a crime under the law if committed by an adult,
59	59	not including a violation of Section 30-9-2 NMSA 1978,
60	60	including the following offenses:
61	61	[(1)] (a) any of the following offenses
62	62	pursuant to municipal traffic codes or the Motor Vehicle Code:
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90	90	[(a)] 1) driving while under the influence of intoxicating
91	91	liquor or drugs; [(b) ] 2) failure to stop in the event of an
92	92	accident causing death, personal injury or damage to property;
93	93	[(c)] 3) unlawful taking of a vehicle or motor vehicle; [(d) ]
94	94	4) receiving or transferring of a stolen vehicle or motor
95	95	vehicle; [(e)] 5) homicide by vehicle; [(f) ] 6) injuring or
96	96	tampering with a vehicle; [(g) ] 7) altering or changing of an
97	97	engine number or other vehicle identification numbers; [(h) ] 8)
98	98	altering or forging of a driver's license or permit or any
99	99	making of a fictitious license or permit; [(i) ] 9) reckless
100	100	driving; [(j)] 10) driving with a suspended or revoked license;
101	101	or [(k)] 11) an offense punishable as a felony;
102	102	[(2) buying, attempting to buy, receiving,
103	103	possessing or being served any alcoholic liquor or being
104	104	present in a licensed liquor establishment, other than a
105	105	restaurant or a licensed retail liquor establishment, except in
106	106	the presence of the child's parent, guardian, custodian or
107	107	adult spouse. As used in this paragraph, "restaurant" means an
108	108	establishment where meals are prepared and served primarily for
109	109	on-premises consumption and that has a dining room, a kitchen
110	110	and the employees necessary for preparing, cooking and serving
111	111	meals. "Restaurant" does not include an establishment, as
112	112	defined in regulations promulgated by the director of the
113	113	special investigations unit of the department of public safety,
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143	143	foods;
144	144	(3)] (b) a violation of Section 30-29-2
145	145	NMSA 1978, regarding the illegal use of a glue, aerosol spray
146	146	product or other chemical substance;
147	147	[(4)] (c) a violation of the Controlled
148	148	Substances Act;
149	149	[(5)] (d) escape from the custody of a
150	150	law enforcement officer or a juvenile probation or parole
151	151	officer or from any placement made by the department by a child
152	152	who has been adjudicated a delinquent child;
153	153	[(6)] (e) a violation of Section
154	154	30-15-1.1 NMSA 1978 regarding unauthorized graffiti on personal
155	155	or real property;
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157	157	protection issued pursuant to the provisions of the Family
158	158	Violence Protection Act; or
159	159	[(8)] (g) trafficking cannabis as
160	160	provided in Section 26-2C-28 NMSA 1978; or
161	161	(2) any of the following activities relating
162	162	to alcohol and cannabis:
163	163	(a) attempting to buy, receiving,
164	164	possessing or being served any alcoholic liquor or being
165	165	present in a licensed liquor establishment, other than a
166	166	restaurant or a licensed retail liquor establishment, except in
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196	196	adult spouse. As used in this subparagraph, "restaurant" means
197	197	an establishment where meals are prepared and served primarily
198	198	for on-premises consumption and that has a dining room, a
199	199	kitchen and the employees necessary for preparing, cooking and
200	200	serving meals. "Restaurant" does not include an establishment,
201	201	as defined in regulations promulgated by the director of the
202	202	special investigations unit of the department of public safety,
203	203	that serves only hamburgers, sandwiches, salads and other fast
204	204	foods; or
205	205	(b) buying, attempting to buy, receiving
206	206	or possessing cannabis pursuant to Section 26-2C-30 NMSA 1978.
207	207	Being present in a licensed retail cannabis establishment,
208	208	except in the presence of the child's parent, guardian,
209	209	custodian or adult spouse, buying, attempting to buy,
210	210	receiving, possessing or being served a cannabis product,
211	211	smoking a cannabis product in a public place or privately owned
212	212	property or producing cannabis; provided that a child who is in
213	213	possession of or is using cannabis pursuant to the Lynn and
214	214	Erin Compassionate Use Act is not a delinquent child ;
215	215	B. "delinquent child" means a child who has
216	216	committed a delinquent act;
217	217	C. "delinquent offender" means a delinquent child
218	218	who is subject to juvenile sanctions only and who is not a
219	219	youthful offender or a serious youthful offender;
220	220	D. "detention facility" means a place where a child
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249	249	may be detained under the Children's Code pending a court
250	250	hearing and does not include a facility for the care and
251	251	rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent child;
252	252	E. "felony" means an act that would be a felony if
253	253	committed by an adult;
254	254	F. "misdemeanor" means an act that would be a
255	255	misdemeanor or petty misdemeanor if committed by an adult;
256	256	G. "restitution" means financial reimbursement by
257	257	the child to the victim or community service imposed by the
258	258	court and is limited to easily ascertainable damages for injury
259	259	to or loss of property, actual expenses incurred for medical,
260	260	psychiatric and psychological treatment for injury to a person
261	261	and lost wages resulting from physical injury, which are a
262	262	direct and proximate result of a delinquent act. "Restitution"
263	263	does not include reimbursement for damages for mental anguish,
264	264	pain and suffering or other intangible losses. As used in this
265	265	subsection, "victim" means a person who is injured or suffers
266	266	damage of any kind by an act that is the subject of a complaint
267	267	or referral to law enforcement officers or juvenile probation
268	268	authorities. Nothing contained in this definition limits or
269	269	replaces the provisions of Subsections A and B of Section
270	270	32A-2-27 NMSA 1978;
271	271	H. "serious youthful offender" means an individual
272	272	fifteen to eighteen years of age who is charged with and
273	273	indicted or bound over for trial for first degree murder. A
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302	302	"serious youthful offender" is not a delinquent child as
303	303	defined pursuant to the provisions of this section;
304	304	I. "supervised release" means the release of a
305	305	juvenile, whose term of commitment has not expired, from a
306	306	facility for the care and rehabilitation of adjudicated
307	307	delinquent children, with specified conditions to protect
308	308	public safety and promote successful transition and
309	309	reintegration into the community. A juvenile on supervised
310	310	release is subject to monitoring by the department until the
311	311	term of commitment has expired and may be returned to custody
312	312	for violating conditions of release; and
313	313	J. "youthful offender" means a delinquent child
314	314	subject to adult or juvenile sanctions who is:
315	315	(1) fourteen to eighteen years of age at the
316	316	time of the offense and who is adjudicated for at least one of
317	317	the following offenses:
318	318	(a) second degree murder, as provided in
319	319	Section 30-2-1 NMSA 1978;
320	320	(b) assault with intent to commit a
321	321	violent felony, as provided in Section 30-3-3 NMSA 1978;
322	322	(c) kidnapping, as provided in Section
323	323	30-4-1 NMSA 1978;
324	324	(d) aggravated battery, as provided in
325	325	Subsection C of Section 30-3-5 NMSA 1978;
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355	355	household member, as provided in Subsection C of Section
356	356	30-3-16 NMSA 1978;
357	357	(f) aggravated battery upon a peace
358	358	officer, as provided in Subsection C of Section 30-22-25 NMSA
359	359	1978;
360	360	(g) shooting at a dwelling or occupied
361	361	building or shooting at or from a motor vehicle, as provided in
362	362	Section 30-3-8 NMSA 1978;
363	363	(h) dangerous use of explosives, as
364	364	provided in Section 30-7-5 NMSA 1978;
365	365	(i) criminal sexual penetration, as
366	366	provided in Section 30-9-11 NMSA 1978;
367	367	(j) robbery, as provided in Section
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369	369	(k) aggravated burglary, as provided in
370	370	Section 30-16-4 NMSA 1978;
371	371	(l) aggravated arson, as provided in
372	372	Section 30-17-6 NMSA 1978; or
373	373	(m) abuse of a child that results in
374	374	great bodily harm or death to the child, as provided in Section
375	375	30-6-1 NMSA 1978;
376	376	(2) fourteen to eighteen years of age at the
377	377	time of the offense, who is adjudicated for any felony offense
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408	408	instant offense. The felony adjudications relied upon as prior
409	409	adjudications shall not have arisen out of the same transaction
410	410	or occurrence or series of events related in time and location.
411	411	Successful completion of consent decrees is not considered a
412	412	prior adjudication for the purposes of this paragraph; or
413	413	(3) fourteen years of age and who is
414	414	adjudicated for first degree murder, as provided in Section
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