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SB245 • 2026
INDECENT EXPOSURE TO CHILD OUT OF PUBLIC VIEW
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INDECENT EXPOSURE TO CHILD OUT OF PUBLIC VIEW
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INDECENT EXPOSURE TO CHILD OUT OF PUBLIC VIEW
SB0245 SENATE BILL 245 57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2026 INTRODUCED BY Crystal Brantley AN ACT RELATING TO SEXUAL OFFENSES; CREATING THE CRIME OF INDECENT EXPOSURE TO A CHILD OUT OF PUBLIC VIEW; PROVIDING A PENALTY. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: SECTION 1. A new section of Chapter 30, Article 9 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read: "[ NEW MATERIAL ] INDECENT EXPOSURE TO A CHILD OUT OF PUBLIC VIEW--PENALTY.-- A. Indecent exposure to a child out of public view consists of a person eighteen years of age or older knowingly and intentionally exposing the person's primary genital area to a child in a lewd and lascivious manner, when the person and child are in a nonpublic place. B. Whoever commits indecent exposure to a child out of public view is guilty of a fourth degree felony. C. As used in this section: (1) "child" means a person under eighteen years of age; and (2) "primary genital area" means the mons pubis, penis, testicles, mons veneris, vulva or vagina." - 2 -