New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HB339 Compare Versions

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28	28	HOUSE BILL 339
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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	Angelica Rubio and Andrea Romero
48	48	AN ACT
49	49	RELATING TO HUMAN RIGHTS; AMENDING THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT BY
50	50	PROVIDING THAT HOUSING DISCRIMINATION BASED ON A HOUSING
51	51	APPLICANT'S SOURCE OF INCOME, INCLUDING THE USE OF AN INVALID
52	52	SCREENING PROCESS, IS AN UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE
53	53	PURSUANT TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT BY
54	54	THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR CERTAIN DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES
55	55	RELATED TO HOUSING.
56	56	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
57	57	SECTION 1. Section 28-1-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1969,
58	58	Chapter 196, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
59	59	"28-1-2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Human Rights Act:
60	60	A. "person" means one or more individuals, a
61	61	partnership, association, organization, corporation, joint
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90	90	state and all of its political subdivisions;
91	91	B. "employer" means any person employing four or
92	92	more persons and any person acting for an employer;
93	93	C. "commission" means the human rights commission;
94	94	D. "director" or "bureau" means the human rights
95	95	bureau of the labor relations division of the workforce
96	96	solutions department;
97	97	E. "employee" means any person in the employ of an
98	98	employer or an applicant for employment;
99	99	F. "labor organization" means any organization that
100	100	exists for the purpose in whole or in part of collective
101	101	bargaining or of dealing with employers concerning grievances,
102	102	terms or conditions of employment or of other mutual aid or
103	103	protection in connection with employment;
104	104	G. "employment agency" means any person regularly
105	105	undertaking with or without compensation to procure
106	106	opportunities to work or to procure, recruit or refer
107	107	employees;
108	108	H. "public accommodation" means any governmental
109	109	entity or any establishment that provides or offers its
110	110	services, facilities, accommodations or goods to the public,
111	111	but does not include a bona fide private club or other place or
112	112	establishment that is by its nature and use distinctly private;
113	113	I. "public contractor" means a person who receives
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143	143	entity;
144	144	J. "political subdivision" means any:
145	145	(1) county;
146	146	(2) incorporated city, town or village;
147	147	(3) drainage, conservancy, irrigation, water
148	148	and sanitation or other district;
149	149	(4) mutual domestic association;
150	150	(5) public water cooperative association; or
151	151	(6) community ditch association;
152	152	K. "housing accommodation" means any building or
153	153	portion of a building that is constructed or to be constructed,
154	154	which is used or intended for use as the residence or sleeping
155	155	place of any individual;
156	156	L. "real property" means lands, leaseholds or
157	157	commercial or industrial buildings, whether constructed or to
158	158	be constructed, offered for sale or rent, and any land rented
159	159	or leased for the use, parking or storage of house trailers;
160	160	M. "secretary" means the secretary of workforce
161	161	solutions;
162	162	N. "unlawful discriminatory practices" means those
163	163	unlawful practices and acts specified in Section 28-1-7 NMSA
164	164	1978;
165	165	O. "physical or mental disability" means a physical
166	166	or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of a
167	167	person's major life activities. A person is also considered to
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196	196	have a mental or physical disability if the person has a record
197	197	of a physical or mental disability or is regarded as having a
198	198	physical or mental disability;
199	199	P. "major life activities" means functions such as
200	200	caring for one's self, performing manual tasks, walking,
201	201	seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning and working;
202	202	Q. "applicant for employment" means a person
203	203	applying for a position as an employee;
204	204	R. "sex" means a person's categorization as male,
205	205	female or intersex based on biology, physiology and physical
206	206	characteristics;
207	207	S. "sexual orientation" means a person's physical,
208	208	romantic or emotional attraction to persons of the same or a
209	209	different gender or the absence of any such attraction;
210	210	T. "gender identity" means a person's self-
211	211	perception, based on the person's appearance, behavior or
212	212	physical characteristics, that the person exhibits more
213	213	masculinity or femininity or the absence of masculinity or
214	214	femininity whether or not it matches the person's gender or sex
215	215	assigned at birth;
216	216	U. "gender" means an individual or societal
217	217	expectation or perception of a person as masculine or feminine
218	218	based on appearance, behavior or physical characteristics;
219	219	V. "reasonable accommodation" means modification or
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249	249	or job responsibilities, and reached through good faith efforts
250	250	to explore less restrictive or less expensive alternatives to
251	251	enable an employee to perform the essential functions of the
252	252	job and that does not impose an undue hardship on the employer;
253	253	W. "undue hardship" means an accommodation
254	254	requiring significant difficulty or expense when considered in
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256	256	(1) the nature and cost of the accommodation;
257	257	(2) the financial resources of the employer
258	258	involved in the provision of the reasonable accommodation;
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265	265	(6) the overall financial resources of the
266	266	employer;
267	267	(7) the overall size of the business of an
268	268	employer with respect to the number, type and location of its
269	269	facilities;
270	270	(8) the type of operation of the employer,
271	271	including the composition, structure and functions of the
272	272	workforce of the employer; or
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302	302	administrative or fiscal relationship to the employer of the
303	303	employer's facilities;
304	304	X. "cultural or religious headdresses" includes
305	305	hijabs, head wraps or other headdresses used as part of an
306	306	individual's personal cultural or religious beliefs;
307	307	Y. "protective hairstyles" includes such hairstyles
308	308	as braids, locs, twists, tight coils or curls, cornrows, bantu
309	309	knots, afros, weaves, wigs or head wraps;
310	310	Z. "race" includes traits historically associated
311	311	with race, including hair texture, length of hair, protective
312	312	hairstyles or cultural or religious headdresses;
313	313	AA. "state" means the state of New Mexico or any of
314	314	its agencies, departments, boards, instrumentalities or
315	315	institutions;
316	316	BB. "governmental entity" means the state or any
317	317	public body;
318	318	CC. "public body" means a state or local
319	319	government, an advisory board, a commission, an agency or an
320	320	entity created by the constitution of New Mexico or any branch
321	321	of government that receives public funding, including political
322	322	subdivisions, special tax districts, school districts and
323	323	institutions of higher education;
324	324	DD. "services" means any function, program,
325	325	activity or benefit; [and ]
326	326	EE. "military status" means a person's active
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355	355	membership in the armed forces or state defense force or being
356	356	a veteran of the armed forces or state defense force and
357	357	includes a spouse or child of an active member or veteran of
358	358	the armed forces or state defense force;
359	359	FF. "source of income" means any lawful and
360	360	verifiable source of money, funds, payments or other monetary
361	361	consideration, including:
362	362	(1) income from a lawful profession,
363	363	occupation or job;
364	364	(2) social security benefits;
365	365	(3) pension, annuity, alimony or child support
366	366	income; or
367	367	(4) any form of federal, state or local
368	368	government or nonprofit organization assistance or housing
369	369	assistance, including vouchers paid directly to a housing
370	370	provider even if the assistance includes requirements for
371	371	inspections, administrative processes or contracting
372	372	agreements;
373	373	GG. "invalid screening process" means a screening
374	374	process used to determine the sufficiency of income or assets
375	375	of an individual or a housing applicant that:
376	376	(1) fails to include all of the individual's
377	377	or the housing applicant's sources of income; or
378	378	(2) fails to limit the calculation of an
379	379	applicant's income requirement to the remaining ratio of income
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408	408	to housing payment due after income from federal, state, local
409	409	or tribal housing assistance has been subtracted from the total
410	410	amount of the housing payment; and
411	411	HH. "housing applicant" means an individual
412	412	applying to rent or own a housing accommodation ."
413	413	SECTION 2. Section 28-1-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987,
414	414	Chapter 342, Section 18) is amended to read:
415	415	"28-1-4. POWERS AND DUTIES.--
416	416	A. Except as provided in Section 28-1-7.3 NMSA
417	417	1978, the commission may:
418	418	(1) hear complaints and issue orders,
419	419	including cease and desist orders concerning alleged unlawful
420	420	discriminatory practice; and
421	421	(2) hold hearings, subpoena witnesses and
422	422	compel their attendance, administer oaths, take the testimony
423	423	of any person under oath, order depositions and require the
424	424	production for examination of any books, records,
425	425	correspondence, documents and other evidence relating to any
426	426	matter under investigation or in question before the
427	427	commission. Contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued
428	428	pursuant to this section constitutes contempt punishable by the
429	429	district court of the judicial district in which the witness
430	430	may be found. No individual shall be excused from attending
431	431	and testifying or from producing evidence in obedience to a
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461	461	the testimony or evidence required of [him ] the individual may
462	462	tend to incriminate [him ] or subject [him] that individual to a
463	463	penalty or a forfeiture. However, no individual shall be
464	464	prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture concerning
465	465	any matter for which [he ] the individual is compelled to
466	466	testify or give evidence after having claimed [his ] the right
467	467	against self-incrimination. Nevertheless, the individual so
468	468	testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment
469	469	for perjury committed while testifying.
470	470	B. Except as provided in Section 28-1-7.3 NMSA
471	471	1978, the human rights bureau of the labor relations division
472	472	of the workforce solutions department may:
473	473	(1) receive and investigate complaints of
474	474	alleged unlawful discriminatory practice;
475	475	(2) seek to eliminate discrimination through
476	476	conciliation and persuasion by voluntary conferences with
477	477	interested parties;
478	478	(3) recommend application by the director to a
479	479	district court in the county where the violating party resides
480	480	for specific performance of any conciliation agreement or for
481	481	enforcement of any order issued by the commission;
482	482	(4) endeavor to eliminate prejudice and to
483	483	further good will. The [division ] bureau, in cooperation with
484	484	the [state department of ] public education department and local
485	485	boards of education, shall encourage an educational program for
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514	514	all residents of the state, calculated to eliminate prejudice,
515	515	its harmful effects and its incompatibility with principles of
516	516	fair play, equality and justice;
517	517	(5) encourage voluntary advisory groups to
518	518	study problems of discrimination in all fields, to foster,
519	519	through community efforts, good will and cooperation in this
520	520	state and to make recommendations to the secretary for the
521	521	development of policies and procedures [which ] that the
522	522	secretary may recommend to appropriate state agencies;
523	523	(6) seek and enlist the cooperation and
524	524	contributions and grants of individuals and foundations,
525	525	private, charitable, religious, labor, civic and benevolent
526	526	organizations and the federal government for the purposes of
527	527	this section;
528	528	(7) issue publications and release the results
529	529	of investigation and research [which ] that in the secretary's
530	530	judgment will tend to promote good will and prevent or
531	531	eliminate discrimination; and
532	532	(8) submit annually a written report of all
533	533	its activities and recommendations to the secretary, the
534	534	governor and the legislature."
535	535	SECTION 3. Section 28-1-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1969,
536	536	Chapter 196, Section 7, as amended) is amended to read:
537	537	"28-1-7. UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE--EMPLOYER--
538	538	LABOR ORGANIZATION--APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE--EMPLOYMENT
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567	567	AGENCY.--It is an unlawful discriminatory practice for:
568	568	A. an employer, unless based on a bona fide
569	569	occupational qualification or other statutory prohibition, to
570	570	refuse to hire, to discharge, to promote or demote or to
571	571	discriminate in matters of compensation, terms, conditions or
572	572	privileges of employment against any person otherwise qualified
573	573	because of race, age, religion, color, national origin,
574	574	ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity,
575	575	pregnancy, childbirth or condition related to pregnancy or
576	576	childbirth, physical or mental disability, serious medical
577	577	condition or military status, or, if the employer has fifty or
578	578	more employees, spousal affiliation; provided, however, that 29
579	579	U.S.C. Section 631(c)(1) and (2) shall apply to discrimination
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581	581	B. a labor organization to exclude a person or to
582	582	expel or otherwise discriminate against any of its members or
583	583	against any employer or employee because of race, religion,
584	584	color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation,
585	585	gender, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth or condition
586	586	related to pregnancy or childbirth, spousal affiliation,
587	587	physical or mental disability, serious medical condition or
588	588	military status;
589	589	C. any employer, labor organization or joint
590	590	apprenticeship committee to refuse to admit or employ any
591	591	person in any program established to provide an apprenticeship
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620	620	or other training or retraining because of race, religion,
621	621	color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation,
622	622	gender, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth or condition
623	623	related to pregnancy or childbirth, physical or mental
624	624	disability, serious medical condition or military status, or,
625	625	if the employer has fifty or more employees, spousal
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627	627	D. any person, employer, employment agency or labor
628	628	organization to print or circulate or cause to be printed or
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632	632	expresses, directly or indirectly, any limitation,
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636	636	pregnancy or childbirth, physical or mental disability, serious
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638	638	fifty or more employees, spousal affiliation, unless based on a
639	639	bona fide occupational qualification;
640	640	E. an employment agency to refuse to list and
641	641	properly classify for employment or refer a person for
642	642	employment in a known available job, for which the person is
643	643	otherwise qualified, because of race, religion, color, national
644	644	origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender
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673	673	identity, pregnancy, childbirth or condition related to
674	674	pregnancy or childbirth, spousal affiliation, physical or
675	675	mental disability or serious medical condition, unless based on
676	676	a bona fide occupational qualification, or to comply with a
677	677	request from an employer for referral of applicants for
678	678	employment if the request indicates, either directly or
679	679	indirectly, that the employer discriminates in employment on
680	680	the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry,
681	681	sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, pregnancy,
682	682	childbirth or condition related to pregnancy or childbirth,
683	683	spousal affiliation, physical or mental disability, serious
684	684	medical condition, unless based on a bona fide occupational
685	685	qualification, or military status;
686	686	[F. any person in any public accommodation to make
687	687	a distinction, directly or indirectly, in offering or refusing
688	688	to offer its services, facilities, accommodations or goods to
689	689	any person because of race, religion, color, national origin,
690	690	ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity,
691	691	pregnancy, childbirth or condition related to pregnancy or
692	692	childbirth, spousal affiliation, physical or mental disability
693	693	or military status; provided that the physical or mental
694	694	disability is unrelated to a person's ability to acquire or
695	695	rent and maintain particular real property or housing
696	696	accommodation;
697	697	G. any person to:
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726	726	(1) refuse to sell, rent, assign, lease or
727	727	sublease or offer for sale, rental, lease, assignment or
728	728	sublease any housing accommodation or real property to any
729	729	person or to refuse to negotiate for the sale, rental, lease,
730	730	assignment or sublease of any housing accommodation or real
731	731	property to any person because of race, religion, color,
732	732	national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender,
733	733	gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth or condition related to
734	734	pregnancy or childbirth, spousal affiliation, physical or
735	735	mental disability or military status; provided that the
736	736	physical or mental disability is unrelated to a person's
737	737	ability to acquire or rent and maintain particular real
738	738	property or housing accommodation;
739	739	(2) discriminate against any person in the
740	740	terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, rental,
741	741	assignment, lease or sublease of any housing accommodation or
742	742	real property or in the provision of facilities or services in
743	743	connection therewith because of race, religion, color, national
744	744	origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender
745	745	identity, pregnancy, childbirth or condition related to
746	746	pregnancy or childbirth, spousal affiliation, physical or
747	747	mental disability or military status; provided that the
748	748	physical or mental disability is unrelated to a person's
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779	779	(3) print, circulate, display or mail or cause
780	780	to be printed, circulated, displayed or mailed any statement,
781	781	advertisement, publication or sign or use any form of
782	782	application for the purchase, rental, lease, assignment or
783	783	sublease of any housing accommodation or real property or to
784	784	make any record or inquiry regarding the prospective purchase,
785	785	rental, lease, assignment or sublease of any housing
786	786	accommodation or real property that expresses any preference,
787	787	limitation or discrimination as to race, religion, color,
788	788	national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender,
789	789	gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth or condition related to
790	790	pregnancy or childbirth, spousal affiliation, physical or
791	791	mental disability or military status; provided that the
792	792	physical or mental disability is unrelated to a person's
793	793	ability to acquire or rent and maintain particular real
794	794	property or housing accommodation;
795	795	H. any person to whom application is made either
796	796	for financial assistance for the acquisition, construction,
797	797	rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of any housing
798	798	accommodation or real property or for any type of consumer
799	799	credit, including financial assistance for the acquisition of
800	800	any consumer good as defined by Section 55-9-102 NMSA 1978, to:
801	801	(1) consider the race, religion, color,
802	802	national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender,
803	803	gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth or condition related to
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832	832	pregnancy or childbirth, spousal affiliation or physical or
833	833	mental disability of any individual in the granting,
834	834	withholding, extending, modifying or renewing or in the fixing
835	835	of the rates, terms, conditions or provisions of any financial
836	836	assistance or in the extension of services in connection with
837	837	the request for financial assistance; or
838	838	(2) use any form of application for financial
839	839	assistance or to make any record or inquiry in connection with
840	840	applications for financial assistance that expresses, directly
841	841	or indirectly, any limitation, specification or discrimination
842	842	as to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex,
843	843	sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, pregnancy,
844	844	childbirth or condition related to pregnancy or childbirth,
845	845	spousal affiliation or physical or mental disability;
846	846	I.] F. any person or employer to:
847	847	(1) aid, abet, incite, compel or coerce the
848	848	doing of any unlawful discriminatory practice or to attempt to
849	849	do so;
850	850	(2) engage in any form of threats, reprisal or
851	851	discrimination against any person who has opposed any unlawful
852	852	discriminatory practice or has filed a complaint, testified or
853	853	participated in any proceeding under the Human Rights Act; or
854	854	(3) willfully obstruct or prevent any person
855	855	from complying with the provisions of the Human Rights Act or
856	856	to resist, prevent, impede or interfere with the commission or
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885	885	any of its members, staff or representatives in the performance
886	886	of their duties under the Human Rights Act;
887	887	[J.] G. any employer to refuse or fail to
888	888	accommodate a person's physical or mental disability or serious
889	889	medical condition, unless such accommodation is unreasonable or
890	890	an undue hardship;
891	891	[K.] H. any employer to refuse or fail to make
892	892	reasonable accommodation for an employee or job applicant with
893	893	a need arising from pregnancy, childbirth or condition related
894	894	to pregnancy or childbirth; or
895	895	[L.] I. any employer to require an employee with a
896	896	need arising from pregnancy, childbirth or condition related to
897	897	pregnancy or childbirth to take paid or unpaid leave if another
898	898	reasonable accommodation can be provided unless the employee
899	899	voluntarily requests to be placed on leave or the employee is
900	900	placed on leave pursuant to federal law [or
901	901	M. a governmental entity or a public contractor to
902	902	refuse or otherwise limit or put conditions on services to a
903	903	person because of race, age, religion, color, national origin,
904	904	ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity,
905	905	pregnancy, childbirth or condition related to pregnancy or
906	906	childbirth, physical or mental disability, serious medical
907	907	condition or spousal affiliation; provided that nothing in this
908	908	subsection shall be construed to require a governmental entity
909	909	or a public contractor to provide services or programs beyond
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938	938	services or programs to the specific populations that the
939	939	governmental entity or public contractor is tasked with
940	940	serving]."
941	941	SECTION 4. Section 28-1-7.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003,
942	942	Chapter 231, Section 1) is amended to read:
943	943	"28-1-7.1. [PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ]
944	944	PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATORY ACTS --SENIORS IN CERTAIN VOLUNTEER
945	945	SERVICE--GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES--PUBLIC CONTRACTORS--GOVERNMENT
946	946	PROGRAMS OR SERVICES--CONSUMER GOODS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE .--
947	947	A. The state or a political subdivision of the
948	948	state, a governmental entity or a public contractor shall not:
949	949	(1) exclude [a person] an individual who is
950	950	older than sixty years of age from volunteer service as long as
951	951	the [person] individual is physically, mentally and
952	952	professionally capable of performing the services involved.
953	953	For the purposes of this section, "professionally capable"
954	954	means having the ability to demonstrate reasonable proficiency
955	955	and having any relevant certification in accordance with the
956	956	laws, rules or technical standards that may govern the
957	957	particular profession; or
958	958	(2) refuse or otherwise limit or put
959	959	conditions on services to an individual because of race, age,
960	960	religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual
961	961	orientation, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth or
962	962	condition related to pregnancy or childbirth, physical or
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991	991	mental disability, serious medical condition or spousal
992	992	affiliation; provided that nothing in this subsection shall be
993	993	construed to require a governmental entity or a public
994	994	contractor to provide services or programs beyond services or
995	995	programs to the specific populations that the governmental
996	996	entity or public contractor is tasked with serving.
997	997	B. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice
998	998	for any person to whom application is made either for financial
999	999	assistance or for any type of consumer credit, including
1000	1000	financial assistance for the acquisition of any consumer good
1001	1001	as defined by Section 55-9-102 NMSA 1978, to:
1002	1002	(1) consider the race, religion, color,
1003	1003	national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender,
1004	1004	gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth or condition related to
1005	1005	pregnancy or childbirth, spousal affiliation or physical or
1006	1006	mental disability of any individual in the granting,
1007	1007	withholding, extending, modifying or renewing or in the fixing
1008	1008	of the rates, terms, conditions or provisions of any financial
1009	1009	assistance or in the extension of services in connection with
1010	1010	the request for financial assistance; or
1011	1011	(2) use any form of application for financial
1012	1012	assistance or to make any record or inquiry in connection with
1013	1013	applications for financial assistance that expresses, directly
1014	1014	or indirectly, any limitation, specification or discrimination
1015	1015	as to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex,
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1044	1044	sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, pregnancy,
1045	1045	childbirth or condition related to pregnancy or childbirth,
1046	1046	spousal affiliation or physical or mental disability ."
1047	1047	SECTION 5. A new section of the Human Rights Act, Section
1048	1048	28-1-7.3 NMSA 1978, is enacted to read:
1049	1049	"28-1-7.3. [NEW MATERIAL ] UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY
1050	1050	PRACTICE--PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION--PUBLIC HOUSING ACCOMMODATION--
1051	1051	ENFORCEMENT.--
1052	1052	A. It is an unlawful discriminatory practice for a
1053	1053	person in any public accommodation to make a distinction,
1054	1054	directly or indirectly, in offering or refusing to offer its
1055	1055	services, facilities, accommodations or goods to any individual
1056	1056	because of that individual's:
1057	1057	(1) race, religion, color, national origin,
1058	1058	ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity,
1059	1059	pregnancy, childbirth or condition related to pregnancy or
1060	1060	childbirth, spousal affiliation or military status; or
1061	1061	(2) physical or mental disability; provided
1062	1062	that the physical or mental disability is unrelated to that
1063	1063	individual's ability to acquire or rent and maintain any
1064	1064	particular real property or housing.
1065	1065	B. It is an unlawful discriminatory practice for a
1066	1066	person to refuse to sell, rent, assign, lease or sublease or
1067	1067	offer for sale, rental, lease, assignment or sublease any
1068	1068	housing accommodation or real property to any individual or to
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1097	1097	refuse to negotiate for the sale, rental, lease, assignment or
1098	1098	sublease of any housing accommodation or real property to an
1099	1099	individual because of that individual's:
1100	1100	(1) race, religion, color, national origin,
1101	1101	ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity,
1102	1102	pregnancy, childbirth, condition related to pregnancy or
1103	1103	childbirth, spousal affiliation or military status;
1104	1104	(2) physical or mental disability; provided
1105	1105	that the physical or mental disability is unrelated to an
1106	1106	individual's ability to acquire or rent and maintain particular
1107	1107	real property or housing accommodation; or
1108	1108	(3) source of income; provided that the use of
1109	1109	an invalid screening process shall be evidence of a source of
1110	1110	income discriminatory practice.
1111	1111	C. It is an unlawful discriminatory practice for a
1112	1112	person to discriminate against an individual in the terms,
1113	1113	conditions or privileges of the sale, rental, assignment, lease
1114	1114	or sublease of a housing accommodation or real property or in
1115	1115	the provision of facilities or services in connection therewith
1116	1116	because of that individual's:
1117	1117	(1) race, religion, color, national origin,
1118	1118	ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity,
1119	1119	pregnancy, childbirth, condition related to pregnancy or
1120	1120	childbirth, spousal affiliation or military status;
1121	1121	(2) physical or mental disability; provided
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1150	1150	that the physical or mental disability is unrelated to the
1151	1151	individual's ability to acquire or rent and maintain particular
1152	1152	real property or housing accommodation; or
1153	1153	(3) source of income; provided that the use of
1154	1154	an invalid screening process shall be evidence of a source of
1155	1155	income discriminatory practice.
1156	1156	D. It is an unlawful discriminatory practice for a
1157	1157	person to print, circulate, display or mail or cause to be
1158	1158	printed, circulated, displayed or mailed any statement,
1159	1159	advertisement, publication or sign or use any form of
1160	1160	application for the purchase, rental, lease, assignment or
1161	1161	sublease of any housing accommodation or real property or to
1162	1162	make any record or inquiry regarding the prospective purchase,
1163	1163	rental, lease, assignment or sublease of any housing
1164	1164	accommodation or real property that expresses any preference,
1165	1165	limitation or discrimination as to an individual's:
1166	1166	(1) race, religion, color, national origin,
1167	1167	ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity,
1168	1168	pregnancy, childbirth, condition related to pregnancy or
1169	1169	childbirth, spousal affiliation or military status;
1170	1170	(2) physical or mental disability; provided
1171	1171	that the physical or mental disability is unrelated to an
1172	1172	individual's ability to acquire or rent and maintain particular
1173	1173	real property or housing accommodation; or
1174	1174	(3) source of income; provided that the use of
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1203	1203	an invalid screening process shall be evidence of a source of
1204	1204	income discriminatory practice.
1205	1205	E. It is an unlawful discriminatory practice for a
1206	1206	person to whom application is made for financial assistance for
1207	1207	the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or
1208	1208	maintenance of any housing accommodation or real property to:
1209	1209	(1) consider the race, religion, color,
1210	1210	national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender,
1211	1211	gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth or condition related to
1212	1212	pregnancy or childbirth, spousal affiliation or physical or
1213	1213	mental disability of an individual in the granting,
1214	1214	withholding, extending, modifying or renewing or in the fixing
1215	1215	of the rates, terms, conditions or provisions of any financial
1216	1216	assistance or in the extension of services in connection with
1217	1217	the request for financial assistance; or
1218	1218	(2) use any form of application for financial
1219	1219	assistance or to make any record or inquiry in connection with
1220	1220	applications for financial assistance that expresses, directly
1221	1221	or indirectly, any limitation, specification or discrimination
1222	1222	as to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex,
1223	1223	sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, pregnancy,
1224	1224	childbirth or condition related to pregnancy or childbirth,
1225	1225	spousal affiliation, military status, source of income or
1226	1226	physical or mental disability.
1227	1227	F. A complaint alleging an unlawful discriminatory
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1256	1256	practice in violation of this section:
1257	1257	(1) shall be filed with the attorney general.
1258	1258	The complaint shall be written and shall state the name and
1259	1259	address of the person alleged to have engaged in the
1260	1260	discriminatory practice. Upon receipt of a complaint, the
1261	1261	attorney general shall review the complaint to ensure the
1262	1262	alleged discriminatory practice falls within the scope of this
1263	1263	section, and if so, the attorney general shall conduct an
1264	1264	investigation and determine any further action as provided in
1265	1265	this section; or
1266	1266	(2) may be instituted by the attorney general
1267	1267	in a civil action on behalf of the state alleging an unlawful
1268	1268	discriminatory practice in violation of this section if the
1269	1269	attorney general has reasonable belief that a person has
1270	1270	violated this section and that instituting a proceeding against
1271	1271	that person would be in the public interest. The action may be
1272	1272	brought in the district court of the county in which the person
1273	1273	alleged to have violated that act resides or in which the
1274	1274	person's principal place of business is located. The attorney
1275	1275	general shall not be required to post bond when seeking a
1276	1276	temporary or permanent injunction in the civil action.
1277	1277	G. The attorney general shall have the authority to
1278	1278	investigate a complaint pursuant to this section and may:
1279	1279	(1) request and review relevant documents,
1280	1280	records or communications from any person alleged to have
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1309	1309	engaged in discriminatory practices;
1310	1310	(2) issue subpoenas to compel the production
1311	1311	of evidence or testimony necessary for the investigation;
1312	1312	(3) conduct interviews or depositions of
1313	1313	individuals with knowledge of the alleged discriminatory
1314	1314	practices;
1315	1315	(4) initiate civil proceedings in a court of
1316	1316	competent jurisdiction to enforce compliance with the
1317	1317	provisions of this section and seek appropriate remedies,
1318	1318	including injunctive relief, civil penalties or other equitable
1319	1319	relief as deemed necessary; and
1320	1320	(5) refer matters for criminal prosecution if
1321	1321	evidence of willful or egregious violations is discovered.
1322	1322	H. In a civil action brought under this section, if
1323	1323	a court finds that a person willfully committed an act in
1324	1324	violation of this section, the attorney general may seek to
1325	1325	recover a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars
1326	1326	($5,000) per violation, in addition to any equitable relief
1327	1327	imposed by the court.
1328	1328	I. The attorney general may, in addition to or as
1329	1329	an alternative to pursuing a civil action as provided in this
1330	1330	section, pursue criminal charges against a person for an
1331	1331	alleged violation of this section under the applicable
1332	1332	provisions of the Criminal Code. Venue for any criminal action
1333	1333	shall be in the judicial district where the violation
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1363	1363	SECTION 6. Section 28-1-10 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1969,
1364	1364	Chapter 196, Section 9, as amended) is amended to read:
1365	1365	"28-1-10. GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE--COMMISSION--BUREAU--
1366	1366	ATTORNEY GENERAL.--
1367	1367	A. Except for a complaint alleging a public
1368	1368	accommodation or a public housing accommodation violation, as
1369	1369	provided in Section 28-1-7.3 NMSA 1978 , a person claiming to be
1370	1370	aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory practice and a member
1371	1371	of the commission who has reason to believe that discrimination
1372	1372	has occurred may file with the human rights bureau of the labor
1373	1373	relations division of the [labor ] workforce solutions
1374	1374	department a written complaint that shall state the name and
1375	1375	address of the person alleged to have engaged in the
1376	1376	discriminatory practice, all information relating to the
1377	1377	discriminatory practice and any other information that may be
1378	1378	required by the commission. All complaints shall be filed with
1379	1379	the division within three hundred days after the alleged act
1380	1380	was committed.
1381	1381	B. The director shall advise the respondent that a
1382	1382	complaint has been filed against the respondent and shall
1383	1383	furnish the respondent with a copy of the complaint. The
1384	1384	director shall promptly investigate the alleged act. If the
1385	1385	director determines that the complaint lacks probable cause,
1386	1386	the director shall dismiss the complaint and notify the
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1415	1415	complainant and respondent of the dismissal. The complaint
1416	1416	shall be dismissed subject to appeal as in the case of other
1417	1417	orders of the commission.
1418	1418	C. If the director determines that probable cause
1419	1419	exists for the complaint, the director shall attempt to achieve
1420	1420	a satisfactory adjustment of the complaint through persuasion
1421	1421	and conciliation. The director and staff shall neither
1422	1422	disclose what has transpired during the attempted conciliation
1423	1423	nor divulge information obtained during any hearing before the
1424	1424	commission or a commissioner prior to final action relating to
1425	1425	the complaint. An officer or employee of the [labor ] workforce
1426	1426	solutions department who makes public in any manner information
1427	1427	in violation of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and
1428	1428	upon conviction shall be fined not more than one thousand
1429	1429	dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned not more than one year.
1430	1430	D. A person who has filed a complaint with the
1431	1431	[human rights division ] bureau may request and shall receive an
1432	1432	order of nondetermination from the director without delay after
1433	1433	the division's receipt of the complaint and in jointly filed
1434	1434	cases, after the federal complaint has been closed. The order
1435	1435	of nondetermination may be appealed pursuant to the provisions
1436	1436	of Section 28-1-13 NMSA 1978.
1437	1437	E. In the case of a complaint filed by or on behalf
1438	1438	of a person who has an urgent medical condition and has
1439	1439	notified the director in writing of the test results, the
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1468	1468	director shall make the determination whether probable cause
1469	1469	exists for the complaint and shall attempt any conciliation
1470	1470	efforts within ninety days of the filing of the written
1471	1471	complaint or notification, whichever occurs last.
1472	1472	F. If conciliation fails or if, in the opinion of
1473	1473	the director, informal conference cannot result in conciliation
1474	1474	and the complainant has not requested a waiver of right to
1475	1475	hearing pursuant to the provisions of Subsection J of this
1476	1476	section, the commission shall issue a written complaint in its
1477	1477	own name against the respondent, except that in the case of a
1478	1478	complaint filed by or on behalf of a person who has an urgent
1479	1479	medical condition, who has notified the director in writing of
1480	1480	the test results and who so elects, the director shall issue an
1481	1481	order of nondetermination, which may be appealed pursuant to
1482	1482	the provisions of Section 28-1-13 NMSA 1978. The complaint
1483	1483	shall set forth the alleged discriminatory practice, the
1484	1484	secretary's [regulation ] rule or the section of the Human
1485	1485	Rights Act alleged to have been violated and the relief
1486	1486	requested. The complaint shall require the respondent to
1487	1487	answer the allegations of the complaint at a hearing before the
1488	1488	commission or hearing officer and shall specify the date, time
1489	1489	and place of the hearing. The hearing date shall not be more
1490	1490	than fifteen or less than ten days after service of the
1491	1491	complaint. The complaint shall be served on the respondent
1492	1492	personally or by registered mail, return receipt requested.
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1521	1521	The hearing shall be held in the county where the respondent is
1522	1522	doing business or the alleged discriminatory practice occurred.
1523	1523	G. Within one year of the filing of a complaint by
1524	1524	a person aggrieved, the commission or its director shall:
1525	1525	(1) dismiss the complaint for lack of probable
1526	1526	cause;
1527	1527	(2) achieve satisfactory adjustment of the
1528	1528	complaint as evidenced by order of the commission; or
1529	1529	(3) file a formal complaint on behalf of the
1530	1530	commission.
1531	1531	H. Upon the commission's petition, the district
1532	1532	court of the county where the respondent is doing business or
1533	1533	the alleged discriminatory practice occurred may grant
1534	1534	injunctive relief pending hearing by the commission or pending
1535	1535	judicial review of an order of the commission so as to preserve
1536	1536	the status quo or to ensure that the commission's order as
1537	1537	issued will be effective. The commission shall not be required
1538	1538	to post a bond.
1539	1539	I. For purposes of this section, "urgent medical
1540	1540	condition" means any medical condition as defined by an
1541	1541	appropriate medical authority through documentation or by
1542	1542	direct witness of a clearly visible disablement that poses a
1543	1543	serious threat to the life of the person with the medical
1544	1544	condition.
1545	1545	J. The complainant may seek a trial de novo in the
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1575	1575	provided the complainant requests from the director, in
1576	1576	writing, a waiver of complainant's right to hearing within
1577	1577	sixty days of service of written notice of a probable cause
1578	1578	determination by the director. The director shall approve the
1579	1579	waiver request and shall serve notice of the waiver upon the
1580	1580	complainant and respondent. The complainant may request a
1581	1581	trial de novo pursuant to Section 28-1-13 NMSA 1978 within
1582	1582	ninety days from the date of service of the waiver. Issuance
1583	1583	of the notice shall be deemed a final order of the commission
1584	1584	for the purpose of appeal pursuant to Section 28-1-13 NMSA
1585	1585	1978."
1586	1586	SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
1587	1587	provisions of this act is July 1, 2025.
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