New Mexico legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Mexico HM32: ADDRESS FORCED STERILIZATION POLICY
Status: Introduced, February 6, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 2, 2026:
wen = lairetam derocsrednu eteled = ]lairetam detekcarb[ HOUSE MEMORIAL 57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2026 INTRODUCED BY Patricia Roybal Caballero and Linda M. López and Shannon D. Pinto and Charlotte Little and Michelle Paulene Abeyta A MEMORIAL REQUESTING THE INDIAN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN TO STUDY AND DEVELOP A STATEWIDE PLAN OF ACTION TO ADDRESS THE FORMER GOVERNMENT POLICY OF FORCED OR COERCED STERILIZATION OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND OTHER WOMEN OF COLOR IN NEW MEXICO AND TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR A STATE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION, A MEMORIAL TO VICTIMS OF FORCED OR COERCED STERILIZATION AND STATE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE INHUMANITY OF THE GRIEVOUS POLICY. WHEREAS, between 1907 and 2018, Indigenous women and other women of color across the United States, including in New Mexico, were subjected to forced or coerced sterilizations without their free, prior and informed consent, often through the federal bureau of Indian affairs and its contracted health care or the bureau's successor, the Indian health service and .233564.1 wen = lairetam derocsrednu eteled = ]lairetam detekcarb[ its direct services and purchased-referred care, which includes physicians and other health care providers, private practices, clinics and institutions; and WHEREAS, investigations in the 1970s revealed that between twenty-five and fifty percent of Indigenous women of childbearing …
Sponsors
- Patricia Roybal Caballero (D, HD-013) · primary sponsor
- Linda M. López (D, SD-011)
- Shannon D. Pinto (D, SD-003)
- Charlotte Little (D, HD-068)
- Michelle Paulene Abeyta (D, HD-069)
- Marianna Anaya (D, HD-018)
- Cynthia Borrego (D, HD-017)
- Joanne Ferrary (D, HD-037)
- Martha Garcia (D, HD-006)
- Joy Garratt (D, HD-029)
- Anita Gonzales (D, HD-070)
- Yanira Gurrola (D, HD-016)
Latest actions
- : HGEIC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation
- : Sent to HGEIC - Referrals: HGEIC
- : Action Postponed Indefinitely
Subjects: NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS, MEMORIALS, OTHER
Common questions
- What is HM32?
- HM32 is a bill in the New Mexico Legislature (2026 Regular Session): ADDRESS FORCED STERILIZATION POLICY.
- What is the status of HM32?
- Introduced as of February 6, 2026. Latest action: HGEIC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation (February 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HM32?
- Patricia Roybal Caballero (D, HD-013), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HM32?
- On the New Mexico Legislature website: https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=32&year=26
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