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NM SB50

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/11/2026

Primary Sponsor

Antonio Maestas

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Eliminates annual in-service training requirements for certified police officers in domestic abuse incidents, child abuse incidents, crisis management, child safety upon arrest, missing persons/AMBER alerts, mental health interaction, and tourniquet/trauma kit use, while retaining these topics in basic law enforcement training curricula

  • Removes annual in-service training requirements for public safety telecommunicators in crisis management, mental health issues, de-escalation, and related topics, keeping only the basic telecommunicator training requirements

  • Reduces in-service telecommunicator training from requiring "one hour of" crisis management training to simply including crisis management among the 20 hours of council-approved advanced training required every two years

  • Eliminates in-service training requirements for high-speed pursuit instruction (previously 4 hours), hate crimes training (previously 2 hours), and sexual crimes victim treatment training for already-commissioned officers

  • Effective date of January 1, 2028

Legislative Description

Law Enforcement Training Requirements

Last Action

Sent to HJC - Referrals: HJC

2/11/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/11/2026
Committees1/21/2026

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