New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico Senate Bill SB74 Compare Versions

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28	28	SENATE BILL 74
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45	45	2025
46	46	INTRODUCED BY
47	47	Antoinette Sedillo Lopez and Harold Pope
48	48	AN ACT
49	49	RELATING TO CRIME; REMOVING THE TIME LIMITATION FOR COMMENCING
50	50	PROSECUTION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; INCREASING THE AGE FOR SEXUAL
51	51	EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN BY PROSTITUTION TO EIGHTEEN; ADDING
52	52	HUMAN TRAFFICKING TO THE DEFINITION OF "RACKETEERING"; AMENDING
53	53	THE ELEMENTS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; PROVIDING A DEFINITION OF
54	54	"HARM"; PROHIBITING CERTAIN DEFENSES IN A PROSECUTION FOR HUMAN
55	55	TRAFFICKING; ADDING VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SEXUAL
56	56	EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN TO THE VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT;
57	57	PROHIBITING EARNED MERITORIOUS DEDUCTIONS FOR A HUMAN
58	58	TRAFFICKING SENTENCE.
59	59	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
60	60	SECTION 1. Section 30-1-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1963,
61	61	Chapter 303, Section 1-8, as amended) is amended to read:
62	62	"30-1-8. TIME LIMITATIONS FOR COMMENCING PROSECUTION.--A
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90	90	person shall not be prosecuted, tried or punished in any court
91	91	of this state unless the indictment is found or information or
92	92	complaint is filed within the time as provided:
93	93	A. for a second degree felony, within six years
94	94	from the time the crime was committed;
95	95	B. for a third or fourth degree felony, within five
96	96	years from the time the crime was committed;
97	97	C. for a misdemeanor, within two years from the
98	98	time the crime was committed;
99	99	D. for a petty misdemeanor, within one year from
100	100	the time the crime was committed;
101	101	E. for any crime against or violation of Section
102	102	51-1-38 NMSA 1978, within three years from the time the crime
103	103	was committed;
104	104	F. for a felony pursuant to Section 7-1-71.3,
105	105	7-1-72 or 7-1-73 NMSA 1978, within five years from the time the
106	106	crime was committed; provided that for a series of crimes
107	107	involving multiple filing periods within one calendar year, the
108	108	limitation shall begin to run on December 31 of the year in
109	109	which the crimes occurred;
110	110	G. for an identity theft crime pursuant to Section
111	111	30-16-24.1 NMSA 1978, within five years from the time the crime
112	112	was discovered;
113	113	H. for any crime not contained in the Criminal Code
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143	143	three years from the time the crime was committed; and
144	144	I. for a capital felony, a first degree violent
145	145	felony, [or] second degree murder pursuant to Subsection B of
146	146	Section 30-2-1 NMSA 1978 or any crime against or in violation
147	147	of Section 30-52-1 NMSA 1978 , no limitation period shall exist,
148	148	and prosecution for these crimes may commence at any time after
149	149	the occurrence of the crime."
150	150	SECTION 2. Section 30-6A-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984,
151	151	Chapter 92, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:
152	152	"30-6A-4. SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN BY
153	153	PROSTITUTION.--
154	154	A. Any person knowingly receiving any pecuniary
155	155	profit as a result of a child under the age of [sixteen ]
156	156	eighteen engaging in a prohibited sexual act with another is
157	157	guilty of a second degree felony, unless the child is under the
158	158	age of thirteen, in which event the person is guilty of a first
159	159	degree felony.
160	160	B. Any person knowingly hiring or offering to hire
161	161	a child under the age of [sixteen ] eighteen to engage in any
162	162	prohibited sexual act is guilty of a second degree felony.
163	163	C. Any parent, legal guardian or person having
164	164	custody or control of a child under [sixteen ] eighteen years of
165	165	age who knowingly permits that child to engage in or to assist
166	166	any other person to engage in any prohibited sexual act or
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196	196	visual or print medium depicting such an act is guilty of a
197	197	third degree felony.
198	198	D. In a prosecution for sexual exploitation of
199	199	children by prostitution, it shall not constitute a defense to
200	200	prosecution that the defendant's intended victim was a peace
201	201	officer posing as a child under eighteen years of age. "
202	202	SECTION 3. Section 30-42-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1980,
203	203	Chapter 40, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:
204	204	"30-42-3. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Racketeering Act:
205	205	A. "racketeering" means any act that is chargeable
206	206	or indictable under the laws of New Mexico and punishable by
207	207	imprisonment for more than one year, involving any of the
208	208	following cited offenses:
209	209	(1) murder, as provided in Section 30-2-1 NMSA
210	210	1978;
211	211	(2) robbery, as provided in Section 30-16-2
212	212	NMSA 1978;
213	213	(3) kidnapping, as provided in Section 30-4-1
214	214	NMSA 1978;
215	215	(4) forgery, as provided in Section 30-16-10
216	216	NMSA 1978;
217	217	(5) larceny, as provided in Section 30-16-1
218	218	NMSA 1978;
219	219	(6) fraud, as provided in Section 30-16-6 NMSA
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249	249	(7) embezzlement, as provided in Section
250	250	30-16-8 NMSA 1978;
251	251	(8) receiving stolen property, as provided in
252	252	Section 30-16-11 NMSA 1978;
253	253	(9) bribery, as provided in Sections 30-24-1
254	254	through 30-24-3.1 NMSA 1978;
255	255	(10) gambling, as provided in Sections
256	256	30-19-3, 30-19-13 and 30-19-15 NMSA 1978;
257	257	(11) illegal kickbacks, as provided in
258	258	Sections 30-41-1 and 30-41-2 NMSA 1978;
259	259	(12) extortion, as provided in Section 30-16-9
260	260	NMSA 1978;
261	261	(13) trafficking in controlled substances, as
262	262	provided in Section 30-31-20 NMSA 1978;
263	263	(14) arson and aggravated arson, as provided
264	264	in Subsection A of Section 30-17-5 and Section 30-17-6 NMSA
265	265	1978;
266	266	(15) promoting prostitution, as provided in
267	267	Section 30-9-4 NMSA 1978;
268	268	(16) criminal solicitation, as provided in
269	269	Section 30-28-3 NMSA 1978;
270	270	(17) fraudulent securities practices, as
271	271	provided in the New Mexico Uniform Securities Act;
272	272	(18) loan sharking, as provided in Sections
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302	302	(19) distribution of controlled substances or
303	303	controlled substance analogues, as provided in Sections
304	304	30-31-21 and 30-31-22 NMSA 1978;
305	305	(20) a violation of the provisions of Section
306	306	30-51-4 NMSA 1978;
307	307	(21) unlawful taking of a vehicle or motor
308	308	vehicle, as provided in Section 30-16D-1 NMSA 1978;
309	309	(22) embezzlement of a vehicle or motor
310	310	vehicle, as provided in Section 30-16D-2 NMSA 1978;
311	311	(23) fraudulently obtaining a vehicle or motor
312	312	vehicle, as provided in Section 30-16D-3 NMSA 1978;
313	313	(24) receiving or transferring stolen vehicles
314	314	or motor vehicles, as provided in Section 30-16D-4 NMSA 1978;
315	315	(25) altering or changing the serial number,
316	316	engine number, decal or other numbers or marks of a vehicle or
317	317	motor vehicle, as provided in Section 30-16D-6 NMSA 1978; [and ]
318	318	(26) trafficking cannabis products, as
319	319	provided in Section 26-2C-28 NMSA 1978; and
320	320	(27) human trafficking, as provided in Section
321	321	30-52-1 NMSA 1978;
322	322	B. "person" means an individual or entity capable
323	323	of holding a legal or beneficial interest in property;
324	324	C. "enterprise" means a sole proprietorship,
325	325	partnership, corporation, business, labor union, association or
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355	355	although not a legal entity and includes illicit as well as
356	356	licit entities; and
357	357	D. "pattern of racketeering activity" means
358	358	engaging in at least two incidents of racketeering with the
359	359	intent of accomplishing any of the prohibited activities set
360	360	forth in Subsections A through D of Section 30-42-4 NMSA 1978;
361	361	provided that at least one of the incidents occurred after
362	362	February 28, 1980 and the last incident occurred within five
363	363	years after the commission of a prior incident of
364	364	racketeering."
365	365	SECTION 4. Section 30-52-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2008,
366	366	Chapter 17, Section 1) is amended to read:
367	367	"30-52-1. HUMAN TRAFFICKING.--
368	368	A. Human trafficking consists of a person
369	369	knowingly:
370	370	(1) recruiting, soliciting, enticing,
371	371	transporting, harboring, maintaining, patronizing, providing or
372	372	obtaining by any means another person with the intent or
373	373	knowledge that force, fraud or coercion will be used to subject
374	374	the person to labor, services or commercial sexual activity;
375	375	(2) recruiting, soliciting, enticing,
376	376	transporting, harboring, maintaining, patronizing, providing or
377	377	obtaining by any means a person under the age of eighteen years
378	378	with the intent or knowledge that the person will be caused to
379	379	engage in commercial sexual activity; [or ]
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408	408	(3) benefiting, financially or by receiving
409	409	anything of value, from the labor, services or commercial
410	410	sexual activity of another person [with the knowledge ] where
411	411	the person benefiting knew or should have known that force,
412	412	fraud or coercion was used to obtain the labor, services or
413	413	commercial sexual activity; or
414	414	(4) utilizing a person's services to compel
415	415	the repayment of a financial debt or other obligation when the
416	416	person who holds or enforces the debt or obligation does not
417	417	pay the laborer in accordance with state and local law and has
418	418	actual or perceived control over the laborer, and the laborer
419	419	has no reasonable means to terminate the labor arrangement .
420	420	B. The attorney general and the district attorney
421	421	in the county of jurisdiction have concurrent jurisdiction to
422	422	enforce the provisions of this section.
423	423	C. Whoever commits human trafficking is guilty of a
424	424	[third] second degree felony; except if the victim is under the
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426	426	[(1) sixteen, the person is guilty of a second
427	427	degree felony; or
428	428	(2) thirteen] eighteen, the person is guilty
429	429	of a first degree felony.
430	430	D. Prosecution pursuant to this section shall not
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461	461	provision. Each violation of this section constitutes a
462	462	separate offense and shall not merge with any other offense.
463	463	E. In a prosecution pursuant to this section, a
464	464	human trafficking victim shall not be charged with accessory to
465	465	the crime of human trafficking or for prostitution as provided
466	466	in Section 30-9-2 NMSA 1978 .
467	467	F. A person convicted of human trafficking shall,
468	468	in addition to any other punishment, be ordered to make
469	469	restitution to the victim for the gross income or value of the
470	470	victim's labor or services and any other actual damages in
471	471	accordance with Section 31-17-1 NMSA 1978.
472	472	G. As used in this section:
473	473	(1) "coercion" means:
474	474	(a) causing or threatening to cause harm
475	475	to or using physical restraint on any person;
476	476	(b) using or threatening to use physical
477	477	force or restraint against any person;
478	478	(c) abusing or threatening to abuse the
479	479	law or legal process;
480	480	(d) threatening to report the
481	481	immigration status of any person to governmental authorities;
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483	483	(e) knowingly destroying, concealing,
484	484	removing, confiscating or retaining any actual or purported
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514	514	(2) "commercial sexual activity" means any
515	515	sexual act or sexually explicit exhibition for which anything
516	516	of value is given, promised to or received by any person; and
517	517	(3) "harm" means any harm, whether physical or
518	518	nonphysical, including psychological, financial or reputational
519	519	harm, that is sufficiently serious under all of the surrounding
520	520	circumstances to compel a reasonable person of the same
521	521	background and in the same circumstances to perform or to
522	522	continue performing compelled labor, services or commercial
523	523	sexual activity to avoid or attempt to avoid receiving harm.
524	524	H. In a prosecution for human trafficking pursuant
525	525	to this section, evidence of the following facts or conditions
526	526	shall not constitute a defense to prosecution:
527	527	(1) the victim's sexual history or history of
528	528	commercial sexual activity, specific instances of the victim's
529	529	sexual conduct, opinion evidence of the victim's sexual conduct
530	530	and reputational evidence of the victim's sexual conduct;
531	531	(2) the consent of a minor;
532	532	(3) a mistake as to the victim's age; and
533	533	(4) that the defendant's intended victim was a
534	534	peace officer posing as a child under eighteen years of age.
535	535	I. A person convicted of human trafficking pursuant
536	536	to this section shall be subject to the Forfeiture Act ."
537	537	SECTION 5. Section 31-26-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994,
538	538	Chapter 144, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:
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567	567	"31-26-3. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Victims of Crime
568	568	Act:
569	569	A. "court" means magistrate court, metropolitan
570	570	court, children's court, district court, the court of appeals
571	571	or the supreme court;
572	572	B. "criminal offense" means:
573	573	(1) negligent arson resulting in death or
574	574	bodily injury, as provided in Paragraph (1) of Subsection [B] G
575	575	of Section 30-17-5 NMSA 1978;
576	576	(2) aggravated arson, as provided in Section
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578	578	(3) aggravated assault, as provided in Section
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580	580	(4) aggravated battery, as provided in Section
581	581	30-3-5 NMSA 1978;
582	582	(5) dangerous use of explosives, as provided
583	583	in Section 30-7-5 NMSA 1978;
584	584	(6) negligent use of a deadly weapon, as
585	585	provided in Section 30-7-4 NMSA 1978;
586	586	(7) murder, as provided in Section 30-2-1 NMSA
587	587	1978;
588	588	(8) voluntary manslaughter, as provided in
589	589	Section 30-2-3 NMSA 1978;
590	590	(9) involuntary manslaughter, as provided in
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622	622	(11) criminal sexual penetration, as provided
623	623	in Section 30-9-11 NMSA 1978;
624	624	(12) criminal sexual contact of a minor, as
625	625	provided in Section 30-9-13 NMSA 1978;
626	626	(13) armed robbery, as provided in Section
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628	628	(14) homicide by vehicle, as provided in
629	629	Section 66-8-101 NMSA 1978;
630	630	(15) great bodily injury by vehicle, as
631	631	provided in Section 66-8-101 NMSA 1978;
632	632	(16) abandonment or abuse of a child, as
633	633	provided in Section 30-6-1 NMSA 1978;
634	634	(17) stalking or aggravated stalking, as
635	635	provided in the Harassment and Stalking Act;
636	636	(18) aggravated assault against a household
637	637	member, as provided in Section 30-3-13 NMSA 1978;
638	638	(19) assault against a household member with
639	639	intent to commit a violent felony, as provided in Section
640	640	30-3-14 NMSA 1978;
641	641	(20) battery against a household member, as
642	642	provided in Section 30-3-15 NMSA 1978; [or ]
643	643	(21) aggravated battery against a household
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673	673	(22) human trafficking, as provided in Section
674	674	30-52-1 NMSA 1978; or
675	675	(23) sexual exploitation of children, as
676	676	provided in Section 30-6A-3 NMSA 1978;
677	677	C. "court proceeding" means a hearing, argument or
678	678	other action scheduled by and held before a court;
679	679	D. "family member" means a spouse, child, sibling,
680	680	parent or grandparent;
681	681	E. "formally charged" means the filing of an
682	682	indictment, the filing of a criminal information pursuant to a
683	683	bind-over order, the filing of a petition or the setting of a
684	684	preliminary hearing;
685	685	F. "victim" means an individual against whom a
686	686	criminal offense is committed. "Victim" also means a family
687	687	member or a victim's representative when the individual against
688	688	whom a criminal offense was committed is a minor, is
689	689	incompetent or is a homicide victim; and
690	690	G. "victim's representative" means an individual
691	691	designated by a victim or appointed by the court to act in the
692	692	best interests of the victim."
693	693	SECTION 6. Section 33-2-34 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1999,
694	694	Chapter 238, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
695	695	"33-2-34. ELIGIBILITY FOR EARNED MERITORIOUS
696	696	DEDUCTIONS.--
697	697	A. To earn meritorious deductions, a prisoner
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726	726	confined in a correctional facility designated by the
727	727	corrections department must be an active participant in
728	728	programs recommended for the prisoner by the classification
729	729	supervisor and approved by the warden or the warden's
730	730	designee. Meritorious deductions shall not exceed the
731	731	following amounts:
732	732	(1) for a prisoner confined for committing a
733	733	serious violent offense, up to a maximum of four days per
734	734	month of time served;
735	735	(2) for a prisoner confined for committing a
736	736	nonviolent offense, up to a maximum of thirty days per month
737	737	of time served;
738	738	(3) for a prisoner confined following
739	739	revocation of parole for the alleged commission of a new
740	740	felony offense or for absconding from parole, up to a maximum
741	741	of four days per month of time served during the parole term
742	742	following revocation; and
743	743	(4) for a prisoner confined following
744	744	revocation of parole for a reason other than the alleged
745	745	commission of a new felony offense or absconding from parole:
746	746	(a) up to a maximum of eight days per
747	747	month of time served during the parole term following
748	748	revocation, if the prisoner was convicted of a serious violent
749	749	offense or failed to pass a drug test administered as a
750	750	condition of parole; or
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779	779	(b) up to a maximum of thirty days per
780	780	month of time served during the parole term following
781	781	revocation, if the prisoner was convicted of a nonviolent
782	782	offense.
783	783	B. A prisoner may earn meritorious deductions upon
784	784	recommendation by the classification supervisor, based upon
785	785	the prisoner's active participation in approved programs and
786	786	the quality of the prisoner's participation in those approved
787	787	programs. A prisoner may not earn meritorious deductions
788	788	unless the recommendation of the classification supervisor is
789	789	approved by the warden or the warden's designee.
790	790	C. If a prisoner's active participation in
791	791	approved programs is interrupted by a lockdown at a
792	792	correctional facility, the prisoner may continue to be awarded
793	793	meritorious deductions at the rate the prisoner was earning
794	794	meritorious deductions prior to the lockdown, unless the
795	795	warden or the warden's designee determines that the prisoner's
796	796	conduct contributed to the initiation or continuance of the
797	797	lockdown.
798	798	D. A prisoner confined in a correctional facility
799	799	designated by the corrections department is eligible for lump-
800	800	sum meritorious deductions as follows:
801	801	(1) for successfully completing an approved
802	802	vocational, substance abuse or mental health program, one
803	803	month; except when the prisoner has a demonstrable physical,
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832	832	mental health or developmental disability that prevents the
833	833	prisoner from successfully earning a high school equivalency
834	834	credential, in which case, the prisoner shall be awarded three
835	835	months;
836	836	(2) for earning a high school equivalency
837	837	credential, three months;
838	838	(3) for earning an associate's degree, four
839	839	months;
840	840	(4) for earning a bachelor's degree, five
841	841	months;
842	842	(5) for earning a graduate qualification,
843	843	five months; and
844	844	(6) for engaging in a heroic act of saving
845	845	life or property, engaging in extraordinary conduct for the
846	846	benefit of the state or the public that is at great expense or
847	847	risk to or involves great effort on the part of the prisoner
848	848	or engaging in extraordinary conduct far in excess of normal
849	849	program assignments that demonstrates the prisoner's
850	850	commitment to self-rehabilitation. The classification
851	851	supervisor and the warden or the warden's designee may
852	852	recommend the number of days to be awarded in each case based
853	853	upon the particular merits, but any award shall be determined
854	854	by the director of the adult institutions division of the
855	855	corrections department or the director's designee.
856	856	E. Lump-sum meritorious deductions, provided in
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885	885	Paragraphs (1) through (6) of Subsection D of this section,
886	886	may be awarded in addition to the meritorious deductions
887	887	provided in Subsections A and B of this section. Lump-sum
888	888	meritorious deductions shall not exceed one year per award and
889	889	shall not exceed a total of one year for all lump-sum
890	890	meritorious deductions awarded in any consecutive twelve-month
891	891	period.
892	892	F. A prisoner is not eligible to earn meritorious
893	893	deductions if the prisoner:
894	894	(1) disobeys an order to perform labor,
895	895	pursuant to Section 33-8-4 NMSA 1978;
896	896	(2) is in disciplinary segregation;
897	897	(3) is confined for committing a serious
898	898	violent offense and is within the first sixty days of receipt
899	899	by the corrections department; or
900	900	(4) is not an active participant in programs
901	901	recommended and approved for the prisoner by the
902	902	classification supervisor.
903	903	G. The provisions of this section shall not be
904	904	interpreted as providing eligibility to earn meritorious
905	905	deductions from a sentence of life imprisonment or a sentence
906	906	of life imprisonment without possibility of release or parole.
907	907	H. The corrections department shall promulgate
908	908	rules to implement the provisions of this section, and the
909	909	rules shall be matters of public record. A concise summary of
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938	938	the rules shall be provided to each prisoner, and each
939	939	prisoner shall receive a quarterly statement of the
940	940	meritorious deductions earned.
941	941	I. A New Mexico prisoner confined in a federal or
942	942	out-of-state correctional facility is eligible to earn
943	943	meritorious deductions for active participation in programs on
944	944	the basis of the prisoner's conduct and program reports
945	945	furnished by that facility to the corrections department. All
946	946	decisions regarding the award and forfeiture of meritorious
947	947	deductions at such facility are subject to final approval by
948	948	the director of the adult institutions division of the
949	949	corrections department or the director's designee.
950	950	J. In order to be eligible for meritorious
951	951	deductions, a prisoner confined in a federal or out-of-state
952	952	correctional facility designated by the corrections department
953	953	must actively participate in programs that are available. If
954	954	a federal or out-of-state correctional facility does not have
955	955	programs available for a prisoner, the prisoner may be awarded
956	956	meritorious deductions at the rate the prisoner could have
957	957	earned meritorious deductions if the prisoner had actively
958	958	participated in programs.
959	959	K. A prisoner confined in a correctional facility
960	960	in New Mexico that is operated by a private company, pursuant
961	961	to a contract with the corrections department, is eligible to
962	962	earn meritorious deductions in the same manner as a prisoner
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991	991	confined in a state-run correctional facility. All decisions
992	992	regarding the award or forfeiture of meritorious deductions at
993	993	such facilities are subject to final approval by the director
994	994	of the adult institutions division of the corrections
995	995	department or the director's designee.
996	996	L. As used in this section:
997	997	(1) "active participant" means a prisoner
998	998	who has begun, and is regularly engaged in, approved programs;
999	999	(2) "program" means work, vocational,
1000	1000	educational, substance abuse and mental health programs,
1001	1001	approved by the classification supervisor, that contribute to
1002	1002	a prisoner's self-betterment through the development of
1003	1003	personal and occupational skills. "Program" does not include
1004	1004	recreational activities;
1005	1005	(3) "nonviolent offense" means any offense
1006	1006	other than a serious violent offense; and
1007	1007	(4) "serious violent offense" means:
1008	1008	(a) second degree murder, as provided
1009	1009	in Section 30-2-1 NMSA 1978;
1010	1010	(b) voluntary manslaughter, as provided
1011	1011	in Section 30-2-3 NMSA 1978;
1012	1012	(c) third degree aggravated battery, as
1013	1013	provided in Section 30-3-5 NMSA 1978;
1014	1014	(d) third degree aggravated battery
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1044	1044	NMSA 1978;
1045	1045	(e) first degree kidnapping, as
1046	1046	provided in Section 30-4-1 NMSA 1978;
1047	1047	(f) first and second degree criminal
1048	1048	sexual penetration, as provided in Section 30-9-11 NMSA 1978;
1049	1049	(g) second and third degree criminal
1050	1050	sexual contact of a minor, as provided in Section 30-9-13 NMSA
1051	1051	1978;
1052	1052	(h) first and second degree robbery, as
1053	1053	provided in Section 30-16-2 NMSA 1978;
1054	1054	(i) second degree aggravated arson, as
1055	1055	provided in Section 30-17-6 NMSA 1978;
1056	1056	(j) shooting at a dwelling or occupied
1057	1057	building, as provided in Section 30-3-8 NMSA 1978;
1058	1058	(k) shooting at or from a motor
1059	1059	vehicle, as provided in Section 30-3-8 NMSA 1978;
1060	1060	(l) aggravated battery upon a peace
1061	1061	officer, as provided in Section 30-22-25 NMSA 1978;
1062	1062	(m) assault with intent to commit a
1063	1063	violent felony upon a peace officer, as provided in Section
1064	1064	30-22-23 NMSA 1978;
1065	1065	(n) aggravated assault upon a peace
1066	1066	officer, as provided in Section 30-22-22 NMSA 1978; or
1067	1067	(o) any of the following offenses, when
1068	1068	the nature of the offense and the resulting harm are such that
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1097	1097	the court judges the crime to be a serious violent offense for
1098	1098	the purpose of this section: 1) involuntary manslaughter, as
1099	1099	provided in Section 30-2-3 NMSA 1978; 2) fourth degree
1100	1100	aggravated assault, as provided in Section 30-3-2 NMSA 1978;
1101	1101	3) third degree assault with intent to commit a violent
1102	1102	felony, as provided in Section 30-3-3 NMSA 1978; 4) fourth
1103	1103	degree aggravated assault against a household member, as
1104	1104	provided in Section 30-3-13 NMSA 1978; 5) third degree assault
1105	1105	against a household member with intent to commit a violent
1106	1106	felony, as provided in Section 30-3-14 NMSA 1978; 6) third and
1107	1107	fourth degree aggravated stalking, as provided in Section
1108	1108	30-3A-3.1 NMSA 1978; 7) second degree kidnapping, as provided
1109	1109	in Section 30-4-1 NMSA 1978; 8) second degree abandonment of a
1110	1110	child, as provided in Section 30-6-1 NMSA 1978; 9) first,
1111	1111	second and third degree abuse of a child, as provided in
1112	1112	Section 30-6-1 NMSA 1978; 10) third degree dangerous use of
1113	1113	explosives, as provided in Section 30-7-5 NMSA 1978; 11) third
1114	1114	and fourth degree criminal sexual penetration, as provided in
1115	1115	Section 30-9-11 NMSA 1978; 12) fourth degree criminal sexual
1116	1116	contact of a minor, as provided in Section 30-9-13 NMSA 1978;
1117	1117	13) third degree robbery, as provided in Section 30-16-2 NMSA
1118	1118	1978; 14) third degree homicide by vehicle or great bodily
1119	1119	harm by vehicle, as provided in Section 66-8-101 NMSA 1978;
1120	1120	[or] 15) battery upon a peace officer, as provided in Section
1121	1121	30-22-24 NMSA 1978; or 16) human trafficking, as provided in
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1150	1150	Section 30-52-1 NMSA 1978 .
1151	1151	M. Except for sex offenders, as provided in
1152	1152	Section 31-21-10.1 NMSA 1978, an offender sentenced to
1153	1153	confinement in a correctional facility designated by the
1154	1154	corrections department who has been released from confinement
1155	1155	and who is serving a parole term may be awarded earned
1156	1156	meritorious deductions of up to thirty days per month upon
1157	1157	recommendation of the parole officer supervising the offender,
1158	1158	with the final approval of the adult parole board. The
1159	1159	offender must be in compliance with all the conditions of the
1160	1160	offender's parole to be eligible for earned meritorious
1161	1161	deductions. The adult parole board may remove earned
1162	1162	meritorious deductions previously awarded if the offender
1163	1163	later fails to comply with the conditions of the offender's
1164	1164	parole. The corrections department and the adult parole board
1165	1165	shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this
1166	1166	subsection. This subsection applies to offenders who are
1167	1167	serving a parole term on or after July 1, 2004."
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