New Mexico 2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

SM 8 — STUDY SCHOOL SUICIDES & GUN VIOLENCE

Last action — Signed

Track this bill free

No card. One bill, free forever — alerts when it moves.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 12, 2018. Enacted.

Prognosis

Advancing 52% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

52 added · 109 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Bill SM 8 adds specific lines requesting that the Public Education Department and the Legislative Education Study Committee conduct a study to find solutions for decreasing suicide rates from firearms and gun violence in schools. This change underscores the urgency of addressing the ongoing issues of gun violence, especially as it affects children and teenagers, and emphasizes the need for targeted action to improve safety in educational environments.

→
Previous
Latest
SENATE MEMORIAL 8 53RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2018 INTRODUCED BY Jeff Steinborn 6 8 10 A MEMORIAL REQUESTING THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE TO STUDY AND EVALUATE POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO DECREASE THE RATES OF SUICIDE BY FIREARMS AND GUN VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS.
A MEMORIAL REQUESTING THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE TO STUDY AND EVALUATE POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO DECREASE THE RATES OF SUICIDE BY FIREARMS AND GUN VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS.
16 WHEREAS, the frequency of firearms attacks and gun e t 17 violence has continued to increase since the December 2012 w l n d 18 massacre at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, = = 19 a l Connecticut, where twenty first-grade students and six adults i a e r 20 were gunned down;
7 WHEREAS, the frequency of firearms attacks and gun violence has continued to increase since the December 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, where twenty first-grade students and six adults were gunned down;
and a t m m 21 WHEREAS, the gun violence archive, a nonprofit corporation d r e 22 formed to provide access to accurate information about gun- c e s k 23 related violence in the United States, reports that in 2017, e a n b 24 there were sixty-one thousand three hundred forty-nine gun- u [ related incidents and fifteen thousand five hundred fifty-two .209516.1 deaths;
and WHEREAS, the gun violence archive, a nonprofit corporation formed to provide access to accurate information about gun-related violence in the United States, reports that in 2017, there were sixty-one thousand three hundred forty-nine gun-related incidents and fifteen thousand five hundred fifty-two deaths;
and 6 WHEREAS, the most recent mass murder in New Mexico was on June 11, 2016 in Roswell, New Mexico, where one adult and four children aged three, seven, eleven and fourteen died as a result of gun violence;
and WHEREAS, the most recent mass murder in New Mexico was on June 11, 2016 in Roswell, New Mexico, where one adult and four children aged three, seven, eleven and fourteen died as SM 8 a result of gun violence;
and WHEREAS, the most recent school shooting on December 7, in Aztec, New Mexico, resulted in the death of two 12 students and the suicide of the shooter;
and Page 1 WHEREAS, the most recent school shooting on December 7, 2017 in Aztec, New Mexico, resulted in the death of two students and the suicide of the shooter;
and WHEREAS, from 1999 to 2015, the suicide rate among New e e 17 Mexico youth aged ten to twenty-four was consistently at least e e n d 18 sixty percent higher than that of the United States, according = = l ] 19 to department of health statistics;
and WHEREAS, from 1999 to 2015, the suicide rate among New Mexico youth aged ten to twenty-four was consistently at least sixty percent higher than that of the United States, according to department of health statistics;
a l r i 20 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE t e a t OF NEW MEXICO that the public education department and the m m 21 e d legislative education study committee be requested to study and r e 22 c e r c 23 evaluate potential solutions to decrease the rates of suicide e a n b 24 by firearms and gun violence in schools;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the public education department and the legislative education study committee be requested to study and evaluate potential solutions to decrease the rates of suicide by firearms and gun violence in schools;
and u [ BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the public education .209516.1 - 2 - department and the legislative education study committee be requested to provide a report of their findings and conclusions to the legislative education study committee by October 1, 2018;
and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the public education department and the legislative education study committee be requested to provide a report of their findings and conclusions to the legislative education study committee by October 1, 2018;
and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be 6 transmitted to the secretary of public education and the chair of the legislative education study committee.
and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the secretary of public education and the chair of the legislative education study committee.
- 3 - 10 12 14 16 e e 17 e e n d 18 = = l ] 19 a l r i 20 t e a t m m 21 e d r e 22 c e r c 23 e a n b 24 u [ .209516.1
SM 8 Page 2 25
⬇ Download PDF
View plain text versions (2)

Action History

  1. Signed

  2. passed Senate

  3. DO PASS committee report adopted

  4. DO PASS committee report adopted

  5. Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Education Committee

  6. Sent to Senate Pre-file

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 111 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (111)

111 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 111 →

"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

public-safety education
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SM 8?
SM 8 is sponsored by Jeff Steinborn (Democrat).
What is the current status of SM 8?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 12, 2018. Enacted.
Where can I track SM 8?
Track SM 8 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on SM 8

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of SM 8

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →