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NM SB100
Bill
AI Summary
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Adds a statutory definition of "dwelling" for burglary and aggravated burglary offenses: a personal space with some sort of enclosure that creates an expectation of privacy where a reasonable person would expect protection from unauthorized intrusion
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Expands the list of locations covered under burglary to explicitly include vehicles, watercraft, and aircraft alongside dwellings and other structures
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Unauthorized entry into a dwelling with intent to commit a felony or theft remains a third degree felony; entry into vehicles, watercraft, aircraft, or other structures is a fourth degree felony
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Aggravated burglary (entry with a deadly weapon, arming oneself after entry, or committing battery) remains a second degree felony
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Amends Sections 30-16-3 and 30-16-4 NMSA 1978, originally enacted in 1963
Legislative Description
Burglary Definition Of Dwelling
Last Action
Senate has failed to concur in House Amendments on a Senate Bill
2/19/2026