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Committee modernizes telephone-harassment law to include electronic communications
New Mexico House of Representatives — Committee Hearing · February 5, 2026
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Summary
Lawmakers advanced HB58 to add "electronic communication" to telephone-harassment statute language so texts, DMs and social media can be covered; prosecutors and law enforcement cited domestic-violence and juvenile harassment trends and urged the update, which passed 6–0.
Sponsor lawmakers told the committee House Bill 58 updates a decades-old telephone-harassment statute to include "electronic communication," reflecting court guidance and changes in how harassment is committed today.
Jeremy Storey of the Las Cruces Police Department said officers encounter…
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