CHILDREN'S CODE REFORM TASK FORCE
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SB 196 — CHILDREN'S CODE REFORM TASK FORCE
Last action — DO PASS committee report adopted
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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.
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201 added · 143 removedPlain-language change summary
The recent amendment to SB 196 introduces the establishment of a Children's Code Reform Task Force in New Mexico. This task force will be responsible for reviewing and suggesting improvements to existing laws related to children. The change is significant because it formalizes a dedicated group to focus on child welfare issues, highlighting the state's commitment to improving its legal framework to better serve children and families.
SENATE BILL 196 55TH LEGISLATURE -STATEOFNEWMEXICO-- STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSION, 2021 INTRODUCED BY Linda M.
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(3) the children, youth and families department;
h (10) the corrections department;
g o t hr (11) the economic development department;
g e i k (12) the administrative office of the courts;
h r i s (13) the children's court improvement h , t, e u g commission;
e b l e e h (14) local law enforcement agencies;
n d d i = = o h (15) the legislative finance committee;
l ] b ,d i a º e (16) the public defender department's juvenile r i = r t e w d m a n o division;
e t 17 (17) the New Mexico district attorneys' w l n d 18m association;:
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d(19) r e 22 (20) the substitutetribal-state carejudicial advisoryconsortium; council;
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(23) the university of New Mexico school of law's Corinne Wolfe center for child and family justice;
h (29) New Mexico voices for children;
g o t hr (30) NMCAN;
g e i k (31) New Mexico appleseed;
h r i s (32) the university of New Mexico school of h , t, medicine's department of pediatrics;
e u g e b l e e h (33) representatives of the university of New n d d i = = o h Mexico school of medicine's department of psychiatry and l ] b ,d i a º e behavioral sciences who have experience working with children;
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d(36) ra enonprofit 22organization (37)serving thefamilies nationaland councilchildren ofthrough juvenilecounseling and csocial eprograms; s k 23 family court judges;
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.218919.1(38) -other 3children -and (39)family thepolicy Newcommunity Mexicoadvocacy sentencingand commission;stakeholder groups;
(39) the New Mexico sentencing commission;
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The task force shall study and make h , t, recommendations for amendments to the Children's Code.
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The task force shall report its findings and n d d i = = o h recommendations to the governor, the legislative finance l ] b ,d i a º e committee, the legislative health and human services committee, ther interimi legislative= committeer thatt studies courts, e tw 17d correctionsm anda justicen issueso andthe otherinterim appropriatelegislative interimcommittee wthat lstudies ncourts, d 18m committees: by December 1, 2022.
=b e d s º o t n = 19.218919.1AIC February 11, 2021 (4:00pm) s k m e - 4 - e a n e d r e l SECTIONu 2.[ A d corrections and justice issues and other appropriate interim committees by December 1, 2022.
APPROPRIATION.--OneSECTION hundred2. thousand dollars i a e r 20 ($100,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the a t m m 21 administrative office of the courts for expenditure in fiscal d r e 22 year 2022 for the Children's Code reform task force to study c e s k 23 and assess the Children's Code.
AnyAPPROPRIATION.--One unexpendedhundred orthousand unencumbereddollars e($100,000) ais nappropriated bfrom 24the balancegeneral remainingfund atto the endadministrative office of the courts for expenditure in fiscal year 2022 shallfor revertthe uChildren's [Code reform task force to study and assess the generalChildren's fund.Code.
.218919.1Any -unexpended 4or -unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2022 shall revert to the general fund.
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Action History
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DO PASS committee report adopted
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Sent to House Judiciary Committee
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passed Senate
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DO PASS committee report adopted
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DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted
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Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Finance Committee
Sponsors
- Linda M. López · Primary
- Susan K. Herrera · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 110 not signed on
Sponsors (2)
- Linda M. López Democrat
- Herrera, Susan K.
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (110)
110 members have not signed on to this bill.
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- SB 196 is sponsored by Linda M. López (Democrat) and Herrera, Susan K..
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