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HB260 • 2026

CRIME OF FALSE STATEMENT TO LEGISLATURE

CRIME OF FALSE STATEMENT TO LEGISLATURE

Crime
Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor
Representative John Block, Representative Randall T. Pettigrew
Last action
Official status
[3] not prntd-HRC API.
Effective date
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Plain English Breakdown

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CRIME OF FALSE STATEMENT TO LEGISLATURE

CRIME OF FALSE STATEMENT TO LEGISLATURE

What This Bill Does

  • CRIME OF FALSE STATEMENT TO LEGISLATURE

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-30 New Mexico Legislature

    Not Printed

  2. New Mexico Legislature

    Action Postponed Indefinitely

Official Summary Text

CRIME OF FALSE STATEMENT TO LEGISLATURE

Current Bill Text

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HB0260

HOUSE BILL 260

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

INTRODUCED BY

Randall T. Pettigrew
and
John Block

AN ACT

RELATING TO CRIME; CREATING THE CRIME OF MAKING A FALSE
MATERIAL STATEMENT TO THE LEGISLATURE.

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

SECTION 1.
A new section of Chapter 30 NMSA 1978 is
enacted to read:

"[
NEW MATERIAL
] MAKING A FALSE MATERIAL STATEMENT TO THE
LEGISLATURE.--

A. Making a false material statement to the
legislature consists of a person making a statement that the
person knows to be untrue in a proceeding before the
legislature, including a hearing of a standing or interim
committee of the legislature, to the issue or matter of which
the person making the statement has been requested to testify,
regardless of whether the statement is made under oath,
affirmation or penalty of perjury; provided that the provisions
of this subsection do not apply to a statement made by a member
of the public during a designated period for public comment at
a hearing of a standing or interim committee of the
legislature. A member of the legislature who heard the
testimony may refer to the district attorney of the district in
which the false material statement was made.

B. A person who commits making a false material
statement to the legislature is guilty of a fourth degree
felony."

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