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NM SB100

Bill

Status

Enrolled

2/19/2026

Primary Sponsor

Cindy Nava

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • 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

  • Expands the list of locations covered under burglary to explicitly include vehicles, watercraft, and aircraft alongside dwellings and other structures

  • 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

  • Aggravated burglary (entry with a deadly weapon, arming oneself after entry, or committing battery) remains a second degree felony

  • Amends Sections 30-16-3 and 30-16-4 NMSA 1978, originally enacted in 1963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

Committee Referrals

Consumer & Public Affairs2/5/2026
Committees1/22/2026

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