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New Mexico · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 161: BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR DMA EMPLOYEES

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 161 is a bill introduced in the New Mexico Senate on January 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR DMA EMPLOYEES. Primary sponsor: Harold Pope (Democratic), Michael Padilla (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (June 3, 2025): action postponed indefinitely.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Harold PopePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Michael PadillaPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. action postponed indefinitely
  2. DO PASS committee report adopted
  3. Sent to House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee
  4. passed Senate
  5. DO PASS committee report adopted
  6. DO PASS committee report adopted
  7. Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee & Senate Finance Committee

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source