New Mexico legislation · 2025 Regular Session
New Mexico SB465: Participation In School Sports
Status: Introduced, February 20, 2025
What the bill says
From the enrolled text:
SB0465 SENATE BILL 465 57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025 INTRODUCED BY Antonio Maestas RELATING TO SCHOOL ACTIVITIES; PROHIBITING SCHOOLS FROM RESTRICTING PARTICIPATION IN AN ATHLETIC ACTIVITY BECAUSE THE STUDENT PARTICIPATED IN THAT ATHLETIC ACTIVITY WHILE ATTENDING A DIFFERENT SCHOOL; PERMITTING STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN CLUB OR OUTSIDE SPORTS WITHOUT PENALTY; PERMITTING STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN ATHLETIC TRAINING CAMPS WITHOUT PENALTY; ALLOWING PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES; ALLOWING EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS TO PLAY HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS WITHOUT LOSING A SEASON OF ELIGIBILITY. SECTION 1. A new section of Chapter 22, Article 2 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read: "[NEW MATERIAL] SCHOOL ACTIVITIES--ELIGIBILITY.-- A. Membership on the board of directors of an association that regulates public school extracurricular and cocurricular activities shall be proportional to the population of the counties represented by the board. B. A high school student shall not be prohibited from participating in an athletic activity because that student participated in that athletic activity while attending a different school. C. A student shall not be prohibited from participating fully in a school-sponsored athletic activity because the student participated in an athletic activity or on an athletic team that was not school-sponsored or -affiliated. D. A student who participates in an athletic training camp shall not be …
Sponsors
- Antonio Maestas (D, HD-016) · primary sponsor
Common questions
- What is SB465?
- SB465 is a bill in the New Mexico Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Participation In School Sports.
- What is the status of SB465?
- Introduced as of February 20, 2025.
- Who sponsored SB465?
- Antonio Maestas (D, HD-016).
- Where is the official record for SB465?
- On the New Mexico Legislature website: https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legtype=B&legno=465&year=25
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