SB 259

                                1  SENATE BILL 259
                                2      57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2026
                                3  INTRODUCED BY
                                4  William E. Sharer and Crystal Brantley
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                                10  AN ACT
                                11   RELATING TO CRIME; CREATING THE CRIME OF THREATENING A LAW
                                12   ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF A LAW
                                13   ENFORCEMENT OFFICER; CREATING THE CRIME OF MALICIOUS SHARING OF
                                14   PERSONAL INFORMATION OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR AN
                                15   IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER; IMPOSING
                                16   PENALTIES.
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                                18   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
                                19        SECTION 1.     A new section of Chapter 30 NMSA 1978 is
                                20   enacted to read:
                                21        "[NEW MATERIAL] THREATENING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR
                                22   AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER--
                                23   PENALTY.--
                                24  A.   Threatening a law enforcement officer or an
                                25   immediate family member of a law enforcement officer consists
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                                1    of a person making a threat, with the intent to:
                                2  (1)   place the law enforcement officer or the
                                3    immediate family member of a law enforcement officer in fear of
                                4    great bodily harm to the law enforcement officer or to an
                                5    immediate family member of the law enforcement officer;
                                6  (2)   prevent or interrupt the law enforcement
                                7    officer's ability to carry out the law enforcement officer's
                                8    job duties; or
                                9  (3)   retaliate against a law enforcement
                                10   officer on account of the performance of the law enforcement
                                11   officer's official duties during the law enforcement officer's
                                12   term of service.
                                13  B.   A person who commits threatening a law
                                14   enforcement officer or an immediate family member of a law
                                15   enforcement officer is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
                                16  C.   As used in this section:
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                                17  (1)   "immediate family member" means a spouse,
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                                18   child, sibling, parent, grandparent or grandchild, and
                                19   "immediate family member" includes a stepparent, a stepchild, a
                                20   stepsibling and an adoptive relationship; and
                                21  (2)   "law enforcement officer" means a local,
                                22   state, federal or tribal law enforcement officer."
                                23        SECTION 2.     A new section of Chapter 30 NMSA 1978 is
                                24   enacted to read:
                                25        "[NEW MATERIAL] MALICIOUS SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
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                                1    OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF A
                                2    LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER--PENALTY.--
                                3  A.   Malicious sharing of personal information of a
                                4    law enforcement officer or an immediate family member of a law
                                5    enforcement officer consists of a person sharing personal
                                6    information, with the intent to:
                                7  (1)   cause harm to the law enforcement officer
                                8    or the immediate family member of a law enforcement officer;
                                9  (2)   place the law enforcement officer or the
                                10   immediate family member of a law enforcement officer in fear of
                                11   great bodily harm to the law enforcement officer or to an
                                12   immediate family member of the law enforcement officer; or
                                13  (3)   prevent or interrupt the law enforcement
                                14   officer's ability to carry out the law enforcement officer's
                                15   job duties.
                                16  B.   A person who commits malicious sharing of
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                                17   personal information of a law enforcement officer or an
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                                18   immediate family member of a law enforcement officer is guilty
                                19   of a misdemeanor.
                                20  C.   As used in this section:
                                21  (1)   "immediate family member" means a spouse,
                                22   child, sibling, parent, grandparent or grandchild, and
                                23   "immediate family member" includes a stepparent, a stepchild, a
                                24   stepsibling and an adoptive relationship;
                                25  (2)   "law enforcement officer" means a local,
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                                1    state, federal or tribal law enforcement officer; and
                                2  (3)   "personal information" means a person's
                                3    physical address, phone number, email or physical location."
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