Bill > HB276

This bill creates the crime of "Targeted Residential Picketing" in New Mexico. The key provisions are: 1) Targeted residential picketing is defined as picketing (expressing an opinion or message through presence, signs, banners, sound amplification, etc.) that is specifically directed or focused towards a person and takes place within 100 feet of that person's residence. 2) Whoever commits targeted residential picketing is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced according to the state's criminal code. 3) The bill clarifies that this new crime does not limit the penalties that may apply under the Demonstrations at Funerals and Memorial Services Act. The purpose of this bill is to prohibit a specific type of picketing activity near a person's private residence, with the goal of protecting individuals from targeted protests or demonstrations at their homes.

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