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A MEMORIAL REQUESTING THE INDIAN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN TO STUDY AND DEVELOP A STATEWIDE PLAN OF ACTION TO ADDRESS THE FORMER GOVERNMENT POLICY OF FORCED OR COERCED STERILIZATION OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND OTHER WOMEN OF COLOR IN NEW MEXICO AND TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR A STATE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION, A MEMORIAL TO VICTIMS OF FORCED OR COERCED STERILIZATION AND STATE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE INHUMANITY OF THE GRIEVOUS POLICY.

Heather Berghmans (D)*,  Angel Charley (D)*,  Linda López (D)*,  Shannon Pinto (D)*,  Katy Duhigg (D),  Natalie Figueroa (D),  Carrie Hamblen (D),  Cindy Nava (D),  Antoinette Sedillo Lopez (D),  Liz Stefanics (D),  Mimi Stewart (D),  Nicole Tobiassen (R),  Linda Trujillo (D), 

Signed by one or both houses (for legislation not requiring Governor's signature) (on 02/16/2026)

Official Document