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HB235 • 2026

SUDDEN UNEXPECTED YOUNG PERSON DEATH REPORTS

SUDDEN UNEXPECTED YOUNG PERSON DEATH REPORTS

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The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Gail Armstrong, Representative Rebecca Dow, Representative Mark Duncan, Representative Stefani Lord, Representative Alan T. Martinez
Last action
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Plain English Breakdown

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SUDDEN UNEXPECTED YOUNG PERSON DEATH REPORTS

SUDDEN UNEXPECTED YOUNG PERSON DEATH REPORTS

What This Bill Does

  • SUDDEN UNEXPECTED YOUNG PERSON DEATH REPORTS

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-29 New Mexico Legislature

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  2. New Mexico Legislature

    Action Postponed Indefinitely

Official Summary Text

SUDDEN UNEXPECTED YOUNG PERSON DEATH REPORTS

Current Bill Text

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HB0235

HOUSE BILL 235

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2026

INTRODUCED BY

Stefani Lord
and
Rebecca Dow
and
Mark Duncan

AN ACT

RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS; EXPANDING REPORTING AND
INVESTIGATIONAL REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO SUDDEN UNEXPECTED
DEATHS OF YOUNG PERSONS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

SECTION 1.
A new section of the Vital Statistics Act is
enacted to read:

"[
NEW MATERIAL
] REPORTS OF SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATHS OF
YOUNG PERSONS.--

A. Each of the following types of deaths shall be
investigated through an autopsy that includes microscopic and
toxicologic studies and a review of the person's immunization
and medical records and reported to the state registrar and the
sudden unexpected infant death and sudden death in the young
case registry if the person was younger than twenty years of
age at the time of death:

(1) a sudden and unexpected death due to
cardiac arrhythmia, as determined by performance of an autopsy
or a clinical investigation, of a young, apparently healthy
person with no previously diagnosed structural heart disease;

(2) a sudden, unexpected and unexplained death
of a person younger than twenty years of age due to natural
causes; and

(3) a sudden and unexpected death of an infant
younger than one year of age, whether explained or unexplained.

B. An autopsy performed pursuant to this section
shall include a report on any immunizations administered to the
deceased person within ninety days of the person's death.

C. For the purposes of this section, "sudden
unexpected infant death and sudden death in the young case
registry" means the national surveillance system coordinated by
the federal centers for disease control and prevention and the
national institutes of health that collects standardized data
on sudden and unexpected deaths in persons younger than twenty
years of age."

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