NM HB199

Amends New Mexico's Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act to comply with the federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006

Establishes a three-tier classification system for sex offenses: Tier 1 offenders must register for 15 years with annual verification; Tier 2 offenders must register for 25 years with semi-annual verification; Tier 3 offenders must register for life with verification every 90 days

Reduces the registration deadline from five business days to three business days for initial registration, address changes, employment changes, and other required notifications

Adds new registrable sex offenses including patronizing prostitutes, promoting prostitution, accepting earnings of a prostitute, human trafficking for sexual purposes, criminal sexual communication with a child, and voyeurism (when victim is under 18)

Requires juvenile sex offenders (age 14 or older adjudicated for sexually violent offenses) to register with the Children, Youth and Families Department until age 21 or release from supervision, with records removed from law enforcement databases upon completion