ANTI-HAZING ACT
SB 10, the Anti-Hazing Act, requires all public and private New Mexico colleges and universities to establish a hazing prevention committee, adopt a code of conduct, and provide annual hazing prevention education to students. The bill defines hazing broadly as any act during recruitment, membership, or group activities that causes bodily danger, physical harm, or serious psychological harm - including forced consumption of substances - but excludes normal athletic events. It makes hazing a misdemeanor, prohibits student organizations from permitting hazing (with potential liability for damages), and requires students who haze to forfeit state-funded financial aid. Additionally, staff who fail to report hazing they witness or learn about face penalties.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 21, 2025
Last action Jun 3, 2025
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The bill was reformatted from an introduced version to an Education Committee substitute version, with the substantive text remaining largely the same. The primary change is the addition of a new Section 7 requiring social fraternities and sororities to notify institutions before chartering and to report investigations into hazing or related activities, along with a requirement to provide five years of violation history on their websites. This expands the bill's scope to specifically target Greek organizations and strengthens transparency requirements for them.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to specifically include social fraternity and sorority organizations, requiring them to notify institutions before chartering and to report investigations into hazing or related activities. It also requires these organizations to provide five years of violation history on their websites.
REQUIREMENT
Added Section 7 requiring social fraternities and sororities to notify institutions before chartering or rechartering and to report investigations into hazing or related activities.
Added requirement for social fraternities and sororities to provide five years of violation history on their websites.
ENFORCEMENT
Added automatic loss of recognition for fraternities and sororities that fail to comply with notification and reporting requirements.
TECHNICAL
Reformatted document from introduced version to Education Committee substitute version with updated headers and page numbers.
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3
Key actions
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Committee
1
Feb 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced
Sent to Senate Education Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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