New Mexico 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted 5 D cosponsors

HB 340 — DNA OF CERTAIN OFFENDERS IN CODIS

Last action — Signed

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 07, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic) on April 08, 2025.

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  • 5 sponsors

    5 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (5 D).

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

27 added · 78 removed

Plain-language change summary

This legislative amendment clarifies the process for entering the DNA of individuals who are arrested for a felony but die before formal charges are brought. Specifically, if the person was not incarcerated at the time of death, entry into a national DNA database (CODIS) requires a motion from the district attorney and a court order. However, if the individual was incarcerated at the time of death, their DNA will be entered automatically. These changes aim to ensure a consistent approach to handling DNA samples in these sensitive situations.

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HOUSE BILL 340 57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025 INTRODUCED BY Yanira Gurrola and Charlotte Little and Eleanor Chávez and Joy Garratt and Patricia Roybal Caballero This document may incorporate amendments proposed by a committee, but not yet adopted, as well as amendments that have been adopted during the current legislative session.
AN ACT RELATING TO DNA IDENTIFICATION;
The document is a tool to show amendments in context and cannot be used for the purpose of adding amendments to legislation.
PROVIDING PROCEDURES FOR THE DNA OF A PERSON ARRESTED FOR A FELONY BUT WHO DIES BEFORE BEING CHARGED TO BE ENTERED INTO CODIS.
AN ACT h RELATING TO DNA IDENTIFICATION;
6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
PROVIDING PROCEDURES FOR THE g o t hr DNA OF A PERSON ARRESTED FOR A FELONY BUT WHO DIES BEFORE BEING g e i k CHARGED TO BE ENTERED INTO CODIS.
SECTION 1.
h r i s h , t, BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
A new section of the DNA Identification Act is enacted to read:
e u g e b l e e h SECTION 1.
"ENTERING DNA INTO CODIS AFTER DEATH.--The administrative center shall enter the DNA of a person collected pursuant to Section 29-3-10 NMSA 1978 into CODIS upon the death of the person if the person dies before being charged with a felony;
A new section of the DNA Identification Act is n d d i = = o h enacted to read:
l ] b ,d i a º e "[NEW MATERIAL ] ENTERING DNA INTO CODIS AFTER DEATH.--The r i = r t e w d m a n o administrative center shall enter the DNA of a person collected d m :
b e d s º o t n = .229749.1AIC March 8, 2025 (10:50am) s k m e e a n e d r e l u [ A d pursuant to Section 29-3-10 NMSA 1978 into CODIS upon the death of the person if the person dies before being charged with a felony;
the person was not HJCº in prison»HJC HJCºincarcerated»HJC at the time of death, the DNA shall be entered only upon a motion by the district attorney and an order from the court with jurisdiction over the felony had charges been filed;
the person was not incarcerated at the time of death, the DNA shall be entered only upon a motion by the district attorney and an order from the court with jurisdiction over the felony had charges been filed;
the person was HJCº in prison»HJC HJCºincarcerated»HJC at the time of death or had been released prior to July 1, 1997, the DNA shall be entered automatically." - 2 - h u » r t h g e l i h r i s h , e h t u g e b l e e , gh n d d i = = o h l ] b ,d i a º r e r = t e w d m a n o d m :
the person was incarcerated at the time of death or had been released prior to July 1, 1997, the DNA shall be entered automatically." HB 340/a Page 1 25
b r e t º o t n = .229749.1AIC March 8, 2025 (10:50am) s k m e e a n e d r e l u [ A d
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Action History

  1. Signed

  2. passed Senate

  3. DO PASS committee report adopted

  4. Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee

  5. passed House

  6. DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted

  7. DO PASS committee report adopted

  8. Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee

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5 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 107 not signed on

Sponsors (5)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (107)

107 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 340?
HB 340 is sponsored by Joy Garratt (Democrat), Eleanor Chávez (Democrat), Charlotte Little (Democrat), Yanira Gurrola (Democrat), and Patricia Roybal Caballero (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 340?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 07, 2025. Enacted.
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