State Guide
New Mexico Privacy & Data Security Laws
Every statute below can apply to a business handling New Mexico residents' data, depending on your revenue, the number of New Mexico consumers you process, and what kind of data you collect. This is a general reference, not a determination for your specific business — run the full questionnaire to see which of these actually apply to you.
Data Security & Breach Notification · 1
Requires notifying affected residents (and often the state AG/regulator) after a breach of unencrypted personal information such as SSNs, driver's license/state ID numbers, or financial account numbers. Applies regardless of company size whenever you hold covered personal information about a resident of this state.
On the Horizon — Proposed, Not Yet Law · 1
Would have been one of the strictest state privacy laws nationally: a 15,000-consumer threshold, a ban on geofencing sensitive locations, and a private right of action ($2,500–$7,500 per violation). It died procedurally rather than on the merits, which makes a 2027 reintroduction likely.
Status: Dead for the 2026 session. Introduced Jan 21, 2026 and triple-referred (SCC/SHPAC/SJC); the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee reported it with a Do Pass recommendation on Feb 5, 2026, but action was then postponed indefinitely and the bill never cleared its remaining referrals before New Mexico's 30-day session adjourned Feb 19, 2026. Re-verified Sep 11, 2026 — nmlegis.gov now records the bill's location simply as "Died".