SB 155

                                1  SENATE BILL 155
                                2     57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2026
                                3  INTRODUCED BY
                                4  Craig W. Brandt
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                                10  AN ACT
                                11   RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT; REGULATING THE USE BY STATE
                                12   AGENCIES OF CERTAIN PROPER NAMES WHEN REFERRING TO REAL
                                13   PROPERTY RESTORED TO ISRAEL FOLLOWING THE 1967 SIX-DAY WAR.
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                                15   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
                                16        SECTION 1.     [NEW MATERIAL] STATE AGENCY USE OF PROPER
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                                17   NAMES--REAL PROPERTY RESTORED TO ISRAEL FOLLOWING THE 1967 SIX-
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                                18   DAY WAR.--
                                19  A.   Except as provided in Paragraph (1) of
                                20   Subsection B of this section:
                                21  (1)   in written or printed official government
                                22   material, a state agency shall use the terms "Judea and
                                23   Samaria", "Judea" or "Samaria" to refer to real property
                                24   adjacent to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan that was restored
                                25   to Israel following the 1967 six-day war; and
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                                1  (2)   in written or printed official government
                                2    material, a state agency shall not use the term "West Bank" to
                                3    refer to refer to real property adjacent to the Hashemite
                                4    Kingdom of Jordan that was restored to Israel following the
                                5    1967 six-day war.
                                6  B.   As used in this section:
                                7  (1)   "official government material" means an
                                8    administrative rule, a briefing, a communication, a guidance,
                                9    material, a press release or a work product document prepared
                                10   by a state agency, but does not mean teaching or research
                                11   materials used or produced by post-secondary instructors
                                12   employed by a state agency; and
                                13  (2)   "state agency" means the state government,
                                14   including any department, division, institution, board, bureau,
                                15   commission or committee of New Mexico and any employee or
                                16   officer thereof.
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