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Read. Follow. Verify.New Mexico Senate Requests Task Force on Sexual Assault Examination Kits and Backlog Progress
Last action · February 17, 2026: Passed in the Senate - Y:41 N:0Sponsors: Angel Charley and 8 others
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What This Bill Proposed
The New Mexico Senate requests that the secretary of public safety and the executive director of the New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs convene a task force starting in July 2026 to study s and report on backlog processing progress. The task force includes various state and public health officials and must report its recommendations to interim legislative committees.
The measure establishes a multi-agency task force to oversee sexual assault kit processing timelines and survivor support services, reporting directly to interim legislative committees starting in July 2026.
- SM 17 is a legislative memorial introduced during the 2026 Regular Session in New Mexico. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Sexual assault survivors
Survivors are affected by the adequacy of support services and the processing timelines of their sexual assault examination kits.
New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs
Department of Public Safety
The secretary and various bureau directors are designated as core members of the task force to study examination kits.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This resolution did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the Senate.
Procedural history
4 actions- Feb 17, 2026SenateFloorPassed in the Senate - Y:41 N:0
- Feb 12, 2026SenateSHPAC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation
- Feb 4, 2026SenateSRC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation
- Feb 2, 2026SenateCommitteeSent to SRC - Referrals: SRC/SHPAC
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Decennial Review Cycle
The memorial notes that it has been ten years since the last sexual assault examination kit backlog task force was convened in New Mexico.
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www.nmlegis.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 50)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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