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SB155 • 2026

USE OF CERTAIN PROPER NAMES BY STATE

USE OF CERTAIN PROPER NAMES BY STATE

Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor
Senator Craig W. Brandt
Last action
Official status
[3] SCC/SHPAC/SJC-SCC API.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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USE OF CERTAIN PROPER NAMES BY STATE

USE OF CERTAIN PROPER NAMES BY STATE

What This Bill Does

  • USE OF CERTAIN PROPER NAMES BY STATE

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-26 New Mexico Legislature

    Sent to SCC - Referrals: SCC/SHPAC/SJC

  2. New Mexico Legislature

    Action Postponed Indefinitely

Official Summary Text

USE OF CERTAIN PROPER NAMES BY STATE

Current Bill Text

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SB0155

SENATE BILL 155

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

INTRODUCED BY

Craig W. Brandt

AN ACT

RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT; REGULATING THE USE BY STATE
AGENCIES OF CERTAIN PROPER NAMES WHEN REFERRING TO REAL
PROPERTY RESTORED TO ISRAEL FOLLOWING THE 1967 SIX-DAY WAR.

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

SECTION 1.
[
NEW MATERIAL
] STATE AGENCY USE OF PROPER
NAMES--REAL PROPERTY RESTORED TO ISRAEL FOLLOWING THE 1967 SIX-DAY WAR.--

A. Except as provided in Paragraph (1) of
Subsection B of this section:

(1) in written or printed official government
material, a state agency shall use the terms "Judea and
Samaria", "Judea" or "Samaria" to refer to real property
adjacent to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan that was restored
to Israel following the 1967 six-day war; and

(2) in written or printed official government
material, a state agency shall not use the term "West Bank" to
refer to refer to real property adjacent to the Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan that was restored to Israel following the
1967 six-day war.

B. As used in this section:

(1) "official government material" means an
administrative rule, a briefing, a communication, a guidance,
material, a press release or a work product document prepared
by a state agency, but does not mean teaching or research
materials used or produced by post-secondary instructors
employed by a state agency; and

(2) "state agency" means the state government,
including any department, division, institution, board, bureau,
commission or committee of New Mexico and any employee or
officer thereof.

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