New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico Senate Bill SB322 Compare Versions

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28	28	SENATE BILL 322
29	29	57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025
30	30	INTRODUCED BY
31	31	Linda M. López and Harold Pope and Antoinette Sedillo Lopez
32	32	and Shannon D. Pinto
33	33	AN ACT
34	34	RELATING TO CHILDREN; LIMITING WHEN A STRIP OR CAVITY SEARCH
35	35	MAY BE PERFORMED IN A DETENTION FACILITY; PROHIBITING CAMERAS
36	36	OR FILMING IN CERTAIN AREAS OF A DETENTION FACILITY.
37	37	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
38	38	SECTION 1. Section 32A-2-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993,
39	39	Chapter 77, Section 33, as amended) is amended to read:
40	40	"32A-2-4. DETENTION FACILITIES--STANDARDS--REPORTS--
41	41	APPEALS--LIMIT OF A STRIP OR CAVITY SEARCH--PROHIBITING CAMERAS
42	42	OR FILMING IN CERTAIN AREAS .--
43	43	A. The department shall promulgate updated
44	44	standards for all detention facilities, including standards for
45	45	site, design, construction, equipment, care, program, personnel
46	46	and clinical services. The department shall certify as
47	47	approved all detention facilities in the state meeting the
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75	75	standards promulgated. The department may establish by rule
76	76	appropriate procedures for provisional certification and the
77	77	waiving of any of its standards for facilities in existence at
78	78	the time of the adoption of the standards, except that it shall
79	79	not allow waiver of any standard pertaining to adequate health
80	80	and safety protection of the residents and staff of the
81	81	facility. No child shall be detained in a detention facility
82	82	unless it is certified as approved by the department, except as
83	83	otherwise provided in Chapter 32A, Article 2 NMSA 1978.
84	84	B. The department shall inspect all detention
85	85	facilities in the state at least once each twelve months and
86	86	shall require those reports it deems necessary from detention
87	87	facilities in a form and containing the information determined
88	88	by the department. If as the result of an inspection a
89	89	certified detention facility is determined as failing to meet
90	90	the required standards, its certification is subject to
91	91	revocation or refusal for renewal by the department.
92	92	C. The department shall promulgate rules
93	93	establishing procedures that provide for prior notice and
94	94	public hearings on detention facilities' standards adoption and
95	95	changes. The department shall also promulgate rules
96	96	establishing procedures for facility certification, renewal of
97	97	certification, refusal to renew certification and revocation of
98	98	certification. The procedures adopted on these matters shall
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128	128	department, opportunity for the aggrieved person to have an
129	129	administrative hearing and written notification of the
130	130	administrative decision. Rules promulgated under this
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132	132	with the State Rules Act.
133	133	D. Any person aggrieved by an administrative
134	134	decision of the department rendered under the provisions of
135	135	this section may petition for the review of the administrative
136	136	decision by appealing to the district court pursuant to the
137	137	provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978.
138	138	E. After January 1, 1994, no state or county
139	139	detention facility shall hold juveniles sentenced by a federal
140	140	court, unless the facility meets state standards promulgated by
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142	142	F. A juvenile detention facility certified by the
143	143	department shall comply with the daily reporting requirement
144	144	for children in detention, including reports on the length of
145	145	stay for each child. This information shall be reported as
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147	147	G. A strip or body cavity search may be performed
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149	149	(1) probable cause that there is dangerous
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151	151	(2) authorization from the detention facility
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181	181	H. A strip or body cavity search shall involve the
182	182	least invasive means necessary on the articulated and
183	183	documented safety and concern. An incident report shall be
184	184	completed following any strip or body cavity search. The
185	185	incident report shall include:
186	186	(1) the full name of the child;
187	187	(2) documentation of the probable cause;
188	188	(3) the steps taken to retrieve the suspected
189	189	contraband in a noninvasive manner;
190	190	(4) the date, time and location of the search;
191	191	(5) the names, current position, gender and
192	192	signatures of the personnel conducting the search; and
193	193	(6) the results of the search, including
194	194	disposition of contraband if recovered.
195	195	I. Copies of an incident report documenting the
196	196	strip or body cavity search shall be submitted to the detention
197	197	facility superintendent or the superintendent's designee by the
198	198	next business day following the occurrence.
199	199	J. No cameras or visual filming devices shall be
200	200	placed in the shower or toilet areas of a detention facility. "
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