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HB72 • 2026

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE MINOR DISTRIBUTION

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE MINOR DISTRIBUTION

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Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor
Representative Andrea Reeb, Representative Elaine Sena Cortez, Representative Luis M. Terrazas
Last action
Official status
HPREF [1] not prntd-HRC [2] w/drn-prntd-ref- HHHC/HJC-HHHC [4] DP-HJC API.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE MINOR DISTRIBUTION

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE MINOR DISTRIBUTION

What This Bill Does

  • CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE MINOR DISTRIBUTION

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 New Mexico Legislature

    HHHC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation

  2. 2026-01-27 New Mexico Legislature

    Withdrawn from committee or daily calendar, ordered printed and referred to

  3. 2026-01-27 New Mexico Legislature

    Sent to HHHC - Referrals: HHHC/HJC

  4. 2026-01-22 New Mexico Legislature

    Not Printed

  5. New Mexico Legislature

    Sent to HPREF - Referrals: HPREF

  6. New Mexico Legislature

    Action Postponed Indefinitely

Official Summary Text

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE MINOR DISTRIBUTION

Current Bill Text

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HB0072

HOUSE BILL 72

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

INTRODUCED BY

Andrea Reeb
and
Elaine Sena Cortez
and
Luis M. Terrazas

AN ACT

RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE
DISTRIBUTION TO A MINOR OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ENUMERATED IN
SCHEDULE I OR SCHEDULE II.

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

SECTION 1.
Section 30-31-21 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1972,
Chapter 84, Section 21, as amended) is amended to read:

"30-31-21. DISTRIBUTION TO A MINOR.--

A.
Except as authorized by the Controlled
Substances Act, no person who is eighteen years of age or older
shall intentionally distribute a controlled substance to a
person under the age of eighteen years.

B. Except as provided in Subsection C of this
section
, any person who violates this section with respect to a
controlled substance enumerated in Schedule I, II, III or IV or
a controlled substance analog of any controlled substance
enumerated in Schedule I, II, III or IV is:

(1) for the first offense, guilty of a second
degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions
of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978; and

(2) for the second and subsequent offenses,
guilty of a first degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant
to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978.

C. A person who violates this section with respect
to a controlled substance enumerated in Schedule I or II that
is a narcotic drug or a controlled substance analog of a
controlled substance enumerated in Schedule I or II that is a
narcotic drug, methamphetamine, its salts, isomers or salts of
isomers as enumerated in Schedule II or a controlled substance
analog of methamphetamine, its salts, isomers or salts of
isomers is guilty of a first degree felony and shall be
sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA
1978.
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