New Mexico 2025 First Special Session Status: In Committee 5 R cosponsors

SB 6 — EXPOSURE OF CHILDREN TO DRUGS

Last action — Sent to Senate Committees' Committee

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 First Special Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill amends existing law to classify exposure of a child to certain controlled substances as child abuse and provides specific procedures for taking newborns into temporary protective custody under certain conditions.

  • Section 30-6-1 NMSA 1978

    (4) exposed to the extent that the child tests positive at birth for either a Schedule I controlled substance pursuant to the Controlled Substances Act, including opiates, opiate derivatives, hallucinogens, stimulants and depressants that have no legitimate medical use, or a Schedule II controlled substance pursuant to the Controlled Substances Act, including any potentially addictive substance that is used or manufactured contrary to its current accepted medical use, unless the child tests positive for a Schedule II controlled substance pursuant to the Controlled Substances Act as a result of the mother's lawful intake of such substance as prescribed.

    Adds a new category of child abuse related to exposure to controlled substances at birth.

  • [NEW MATERIAL] TAKING NEWBORN CHILDREN INTO TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.-- A. A newborn child who is in a hospital setting shall not be taken into temporary protective custody without a court order that includes findings that an emergency situation exists and that the newborn child is seriously endangered. A newborn child may be detained in a hospital by a law enforcement officer upon the recommendation of the health care authority, the department or a physician, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse or physician assistant while a court order is being pursued, but the newborn child must be released if a court order is denied.

    Establishes new procedures for taking newborns into temporary protective custody, requiring court orders in emergency situations.

  • C. A newborn child may be taken into temporary protective custody without a court order in the following circumstances: (1) when a newborn child is identified by a physician, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse or physician assistant engaged in the admission, care or treatment of patients as being affected by substance abuse or demonstrating withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure; or (2) when the newborn child is subject to an environment exposing the newborn child to a laboratory for manufacturing controlled substances.

    Allows for the removal of newborns without a court order in specific circumstances involving drug exposure or hazardous environments.

Action History

  1. Sent to Senate Committees' Committee

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

Sponsors (5)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (107)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 6?
SB 6 is sponsored by Crystal Brantley (Republican), Joshua A. Sanchez (Republican), Candy Spence Ezzell (Republican), Jay C. Block (Republican), and Nicole Tobiassen (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 6?
This bill died with 2025 First Special Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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