SB 159 — PROHIBIT CERTAIN LEGAL DEFENSES

Candelaria 6Pursuant 8to 10House ANRule ACT24-1, RELATINGthis TOdocument CRIME;incorporates amendments that have been adopted prior to consideration of this measure by the House.

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eAN tACT 17RELATING BETO ITCRIME; ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

wPROHIBITING lA nDEFENSE dFOR 18FIRST SECTIONDEGREE 1.h MURDER AND SERIOUS VIOLENT OFFENSES BASED ON A DEFENDANT'S g o DISCOVERY OF, KNOWLEDGE ABOUT OR THE POTENTIAL DISCLOSURE OF A t hr g e i k VICTIM'S GENDER, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION OR SEXUAL h r i s ORIENTATION.

Ah new, sectiont, ofe Chapteru 30,g Articlee 1b NMSAl =e =e 19h 1978BE isIT enactedENACTED toBY read:THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

an ld d i a= e= ro 20h "[NEWSECTION MATERIAL]1. DEFENSE BASED ON VICTIM'S GENDER, GENDER a t m m 21 IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION PROHIBITED.-- d r e 22 A.

InA anynew prosecutionsection for first degree murder or a c e s k 23 serious violent offense provided in Subparagraphs (a) through e a n b 24 (n) of ParagraphChapter (4)30, ofArticle Subsection1 L of Section 33-2-34 NMSA ul [] 1978,b the,d defendant'si discoverya ofº ore knowledge1978 about,is orenacted .210896.1to potentialread: disclosure of, the victim's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation under circumstances in which the victim made an unwanted nonforcible romantic or sexual advance toward the defendant, or the defendant and victim were engaged in a personal, romantic or sexual relationship:

r i = r t e w d m a n o "[NEW MATERIAL ] DEFENSE BASED ON VICTIM'S GENDER, GENDER d m :

b e d s º o t n = .210896.1 s k m e e a n e d r e l u [ A d IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION PROHIBITED.-- A.

In any prosecution for first degree murder or a serious violent offense provided in Subparagraphs (a) through (n) of Paragraph (4) of Subsection L of Section 33-2-34 NMSA 1978, the defendant's discovery of or knowledge about, or potential disclosure of, the victim's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation under circumstances in which the victim made an unwanted nonforcible romantic or sexual advance toward the defendant, or the defendant and victim were engaged in a personal, romantic or sexual relationship:

and (2) does not constitute:constitute SJCº :

h (b) evidence of the defendant's g o t hr diminished responsibility for the offense by reason of mental g e i k disease or defect;

or h r i s (c) evidence that the defendant acted in h , t, e u g »SJC SJCºa»SJC defense of the defendant's self or of another e b l e e h person.

en ed 17d i = = o h B.

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