SB 245

                                1  SENATE BILL 245
                                2      57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2026
                                3  INTRODUCED BY
                                4  Crystal Brantley
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                                10  AN ACT
                                11   RELATING TO SEXUAL OFFENSES; CREATING THE CRIME OF INDECENT
                                12   EXPOSURE TO A CHILD OUT OF PUBLIC VIEW; PROVIDING A PENALTY.
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                                14   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
                                15        SECTION 1.    A new section of Chapter 30, Article 9 NMSA
                                16   1978 is enacted to read:
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                                17        "[NEW MATERIAL] INDECENT EXPOSURE TO A CHILD OUT OF PUBLIC
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                                18   VIEW--PENALTY.--
                                19  A.   Indecent exposure to a child out of public view
                                20   consists of a person eighteen years of age or older knowingly
                                21   and intentionally exposing the person's primary genital area to
                                22   a child in a lewd and lascivious manner, when the person and
                                23   child are in a nonpublic place.
                                24  B.   Whoever commits indecent exposure to a child out
                                25   of public view is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
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                                1  C.   As used in this section:
                                2  (1)   "child" means a person under eighteen
                                3    years of age; and
                                4  (2)   "primary genital area" means the mons
                                5    pubis, penis, testicles, mons veneris, vulva or vagina."
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