SB 95

                                1  SENATE BILL 95
                                2      57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2026
                                3  INTRODUCED BY
                                4  Craig W. Brandt
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                                10  AN ACT
                                11   RELATING TO HUMAN RIGHTS; PROHIBITING ANTISEMITIC
                                12   DISCRIMINATION.
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                                14   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
                                15        SECTION 1.    A new section of the Human Rights Act is
                                16   enacted to read:
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                                17        "[NEW MATERIAL] ANTISEMITIC DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITION.--
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                                18  A.   As used in this section, "antisemitic" means a
                                19   certain perception of Jewish people, which may be expressed as
                                20   hatred toward Jewish people, including rhetorical and physical
                                21   manifestations that are directed toward Jewish people, or non-
                                22   Jewish people who are perceived to be Jewish, and their
                                23   property, or toward Jewish community institutions or religious
                                24   facilities.
                                25  B.   A person, employer, labor organization,
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                                1    employment agency, public accommodation, public body or any
                                2    officer, employee or contractor of a public body shall not
                                3    engage in antisemitic discrimination and shall comply with the
                                4    prohibitions on discrimination provided in the Human Rights
                                5    Act.   A person claiming to be aggrieved by an unlawful
                                6    discriminatory practice based on antisemitic discrimination may
                                7    file a claim in accordance with the Human Rights Act."
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