---
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).