---
type: "Bill"
title: "NO LIFE SENTENCE FOR JUVENILES"
description: "NO LIFE SENTENCE FOR JUVENILES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 64"
citation: "New Mexico SB 64 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "CRIMES & PENALTIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chasey, Gail", "O'Neill, Bill B.", "Ortez, Kristina", "Sedillo Lopez, Antoinette"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0228b4c-90a6-4bd2-9889-6365a03a4aa3"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=64&year=23"
source_hash: "2f826ddfc0b09f4c27cf06f49bfaabdc536bb23290c02742d5afb3553f23e140"
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 SB 64 (2023) — NO LIFE SENTENCE FOR JUVENILES

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/SB0064.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0064.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Chasey, Gail — primary (person)
- O'Neill, Bill B. — primary (person)
- Ortez, Kristina — primary (person)
- Sedillo Lopez, Antoinette — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-18** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-07** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** passed House `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0228b4c-90a6-4bd2-9889-6365a03a4aa3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).