New Mexico
Recent Legislation
2021
Senate Bill 2: Creates a new approach for handling occupational licensing applicants with criminal records, and significantly narrowed those records that can be considered
Opinion
News
2021
Senate Bill 2: Creates a new approach for handling occupational licensing applicants with criminal records, and significantly narrowed those records that can be considered
It comes as no surprise New Mexicans are scrutinizing the state’s use of pretrial detention, especially following headlines from the Solomon Pena case. But while this case is driving heightened public awareness of the state’s pretrial policies, the next steps essential to protect public safety have been pending for months, if not years, before this one case.