New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HM40 Compare Versions

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28	28	HOUSE MEMORIAL 40
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30	30	TH LEGISLATURE
31	31	- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -
32	32	FIRST SESSION
33	33	, 2025
34	34	INTRODUCED BY
35	35	Andrea Romero
36	36	A MEMORIAL
37	37	REQUESTING THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO DIRECT THE
38	38	CREATION OF A GROUP TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF CREATING A
39	39	STATE OFFICE OF PEACE.
40	40	WHEREAS, global, national and local communities are facing
41	41	and working to resolve increasingly complex and urgent issues
42	42	related to violence, conflict and safety; and
43	43	WHEREAS, New Mexico has a unique role in discussions
44	44	related to peace and conflict, given its historical
45	45	relationship to the nuclear weapons industry and the
46	46	significant proportion of members of the armed forces who are
47	47	from the state; and
48	48	WHEREAS, there is growing momentum and interest in peace-
49	49	building through development of dispute resolution skills
50	50	within schools, places of employment and incarceration
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78	78	facilities; and
79	79	WHEREAS, recognizing the importance of this work, over the
80	80	years and as recently as February 2025, there have been a
81	81	number of efforts at the national and state levels to establish
82	82	departments of peace; and
83	83	WHEREAS, a state-level office of peace in New Mexico could
84	84	work for the benefit of all New Mexico residents using peace-
85	85	building principles and including work in the areas of
86	86	restorative justice, prevention of conflict, the addressing of
87	87	violence, mediation and the promotion of justice; and
88	88	WHEREAS, a group to study the feasibility of creation of a
89	89	state office of peace would provide an opportunity for
90	90	community members with relevant expertise and experience to
91	91	collaborate on developing recommendations;
92	92	NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
93	93	REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico
94	94	legislative council be requested to direct the creation of a
95	95	group to study the feasibility of creating a state office of
96	96	peace and to develop and make recommendations to the
97	97	appropriate interim legislative committee on creation of the
98	98	office; and
99	99	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the group be composed of no
100	100	more than seven members, with one member appointed from each of
101	101	the following stakeholder groups by a representative of the
102	102	university of New Mexico school of law:
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131	131	A. peace-building, mediation or conflict
132	132	resolution;
133	133	B. restorative justice, including as that practice
134	134	is used by communities and courts of Indian nations, tribes and
135	135	pueblos;
136	136	C. education;
137	137	D. military service or law enforcement;
138	138	E. legal studies;
139	139	F. labor; and
140	140	G. community relations; and
141	141	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the New Mexico legislative
142	142	council be requested to engage the university of New Mexico
143	143	school of law to coordinate the activities of the group,
144	144	including meeting at regular intervals, and to prepare a final
145	145	report on the group's work, including its findings and
146	146	recommendations; and
147	147	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the group be requested to
148	148	present its report to the appropriate interim legislative
149	149	committee by November 30, 2025; and
150	150	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
151	151	transmitted to the co-chairs of the New Mexico legislative
152	152	council and the dean of the university of New Mexico school of
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