---
type: "Bill"
title: "ADDRESS FORCED STERILIZATION POLICY"
description: "ADDRESS FORCED STERILIZATION POLICY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SM 14"
citation: "New Mexico SM 14 (2026)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "OTHER", "NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charley, Angel M.", "López, Linda M.", "Nava, Cindy", "Pinto, Shannon D.", "Sedillo Lopez, Antoinette"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 5
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-02-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97d0c51d-c47a-4039-9a4a-a5274625cd64"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=M&legNo=14&year=26"
source_hash: "9f80c866bf804dea562b86198450eb5003c4d62c009a9fb7f78013cf5e2b79b8"
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 SM 14 (2026) — ADDRESS FORCED STERILIZATION POLICY

## 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/SM014.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM014.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charley, Angel M. — primary (person)
- López, Linda M. — primary (person)
- Nava, Cindy — primary (person)
- Pinto, Shannon D. — primary (person)
- Sedillo Lopez, Antoinette — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-16** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-01-29** Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-02** 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/97d0c51d-c47a-4039-9a4a-a5274625cd64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).