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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AGGRAVATED BATTERY ON POLICE OFFICER"
+description: "AGGRAVATED BATTERY ON POLICE OFFICER"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
+legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 61"
+citation: "New Mexico HB 61 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMES & PENALTIES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT (sheriffs", "police)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chavez, Nicole", "Hall II, William A.", "Hernandez, Joshua N.", "Reeb, Andrea"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-09"
+last_action: "2026-03-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/878ed0f6-575e-4ae2-9942-38e490072df5"
+source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=61&year=26"
+source_hash: "c8e5f4ff387d91ed07f56cfcb7cfd7a2029a5c385e8a3ea711713fa254ce526e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nm"]
+---
+
+# New Mexico HB 61 (2026) — AGGRAVATED BATTERY ON POLICE OFFICER
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/HB0061.PDF)
+2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0061.HTML)
+
+## Votes
+
+- senate passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- house passage — **55–11** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chavez, Nicole — primary (person)
+- Hall II, William A. — primary (person)
+- Hernandez, Joshua N. — primary (person)
+- Reeb, Andrea — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-18** passed Senate `passage`
+- **2026-01-09** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-04** Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2026-01-22** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-03** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-28** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-09** passed House `passage`
+- **2026-02-10** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-17** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/878ed0f6-575e-4ae2-9942-38e490072df5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).
+