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New Mexico · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 23: EXCEPTIONS TO STUDENT USE OF PHONES

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 23 is a bill introduced in the New Mexico Senate on February 4, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: EXCEPTIONS TO STUDENT USE OF PHONES. Primary sponsor: Moe Maestas (Democratic), Crystal Brantley (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 24, 2026): 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 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Moe MaestasPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Crystal BrantleyPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate35

“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. Sent to House Education Committee
  3. passed Senate
  4. floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
  5. DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted
  6. DO PASS committee report adopted
  7. germane
  8. Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Education Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee

Sources

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