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-SENATE BILL 192
+Fiscal impact reports (FIRs) are prepared by the Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) for standing finance
+committees of the Legislature. LFC does not assume respon sibility for the accuracy of these reports if they
+are used for other purposes.
-57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2026
+F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
-INTRODUCED BY
+BILL NUMBER: Senate Bill 192
+SHORT TITLE: Data Broker Privacy Act
+SPONSOR: Cervantes
+LAST
+UPDATE:
+ ORIGINAL
+DATE:
-Joseph Cervantes
+2/13/2026
-AN ACT
+ANALYST: Hanika-Ortiz
-RELATING TO BUSINESS; ENACTING THE DATA BROKER PRIVACY ACT;
-CREATING THE DATA BROKER PRIVACY FUND; PROVIDING PENALTIES.
+REVENUE*
+(dollars in thousands)
+Type FY26 FY27 FY28 FY29 FY30 Recurring or
+Nonrecurring
+Fund
+Affected
+Fee
+Revenue
+and Fines
-BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
+Indeterminate
+but minimal
+gain
+Indeterminate
+but minimal
+gain
+Indeterminate
+but minimal
+gain
+Indeterminate
+but minimal
+gain
+Recurring Data Broker
+Privacy Fund
+Parentheses indicate revenue decreases.
+*Amounts reflect most recent analysis of this legislation.
-     SECTION 1. [NEW MATERIAL] SHORT TITLE.--This act may be
-cited as the "Data Broker Privacy Act".
+Sources of Information
+LFC Files
-     SECTION 2. [NEW MATERIAL] DEFINITIONS.--As used in the
-Data Broker Privacy Act:
+Agency or Agencies Providing Analysis
+Regulation and Licensing Department
+Department of Information Technology
-          A. "consumer" means a natural person who is a
-resident of New Mexico and who purchases, leases or otherwise
-contracts for products, goods or services within New Mexico
-that are primarily used for personal, family or household
-purposes;
+Agency or Agencies That Were Asked for Analysis but did not Respond
+Economic Development Department
+New Mexico Attorney General
-          B. "dark patterns" means a user interface designed
-or manipulated with the substantial effect of subverting or
-impairing user autonomy, decision making or choice;
+SUMMARY
-          C. "data broker" means a person that knowingly
-collects and sells to third parties the personal information of
-a consumer with whom the person does not have a direct
-relationship; provided that "data broker" does not mean:
+Synopsis of Senate Bill 192
-                (1) a person to the extent that it is covered
-by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act; or
+Senate Bill 192 (SB192) establishes the Data Broker Privacy Act to regulate entities that collect
+and trade in the personal data of New Mexico consumers. The bill exempts from the definition of
+“data broker” businesses subject to federal privacy laws. Under the bill, the Economic
+Development Department (EDD) would register data brokers and collect fees, maintain a registry
+with their information, and establish a one-stop data deletion tool for consumers. Data brokers
+who fail to register with EDD or fail to comply with a consumer’s request are fined $200 per
+day. Annually, data broker s would report number of deletion requests, response times , and
+requests deni ed. Every three years, data broker s would be required to obtain an independent
+audit.
-                (2) a person to the extent that it is covered
-by the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and implementing
-regulations;
+Last, the bill requires EDD to maintain a registry of data brokers , promulgate rules that set and
+collect fees and impose fines, and use fund proceeds for administration and enforcement.
+Senate Bill 192 – Page 2
-          D. "department" means the economic development
-department; and
+This bill does not contain an effective date and, as a result, would go into effect 90 days after the
+Legislature adjourns, which is May 20, 2026.
-          E. "personal information" means information that
-identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of
-being associated with or could reasonably be linked, directly
-or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household.
+FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
-     SECTION 3. [NEW MATERIAL] DATA BROKER REGISTRATION--REQUIREMENTS.--
+The bill creates a fund at the EDD that is non -reverting yet subject to appropriation by the
+legislature. The fund consists of appropriations and fines but does not specifically include “fees.”
-          A. A data broker shall register with the department
-pursuant to the requirements of this section.
+The bill exempts fees from the Administrative Procedures Act which will allow EDD to adjust
+fees administratively without rulemaking. This will help raise revenue quickly to cover
+operations.
-          B. A data broker shall pay a registration fee in an
-amount determined by the department, not to exceed the
-reasonable costs of establishing and maintaining the website
-provided for in Section 4 of the Data Broker Privacy Act and
-the reasonable costs of establishing, maintaining and providing
-access to the accessible deletion mechanism as provided in
-Section 6 of the Data Broker Privacy Act. Registration fees
-shall be deposited in the data broker privacy fund.
+Registration fees, as well as fines for noncompliance, may not be sufficient to maintain both the
+registry and online deletion mechanism or tool. If EDD can share security and legal resource s
+with Department of Information Technology and New Mexico Attorney General, the impact on
+resource needs may be less. In the end, revenue will depend on how many data brokers register.
-          C. A data broker shall provide the following
-information when registering with the department:
+SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
-                (1) the data broker's name and primary
-physical, email and internet website addresses;
+A data broker is the term for companies that collect and sell personal information gathered from
+public records, online web browsing, and other consumer actions. The information can be taken
+without the consumer’s consent and then made available for purchase. The bill defines a
+“consumer” as one who buys, leases or contracts for household goods or services in New Mexico.
-                (2) whether the data broker collects the
-personal information of minors;
+The bill would regulate the conduct of data brokers that occurs inside the state. As reference,
+there are approximately 500 data brokers registered in California, a state with 40 million people.
-                (3) whether the data broker collects precise
-geolocation data of consumers;
+The online deletion mechanism or tool allow s a consumer to request deletion of their personal
+information through a single request that goes out to all registered data brokers. The bill would
+also require data brokers to annually disclose their data collection practices, including whether
+they collect information on minor children, precise geolocations, or reproductive healthcare.
-                (4) whether the data broker collects
-reproductive health care data of consumers;
+PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS
-                (5) whether the data broker has undergone an
-audit as provided in Subsection G of Section 6 of the Data
-Broker Privacy Act, and, if so, the most recent year that the
-data broker has submitted a report resulting from the audit and
-any related materials to the department;
+The Regulation and Licensing Department (RLD) says SB192 is structured to avoid conflict with
+federal privacy and financial -regulatory regimes by excluding entities subject to the Fair Credit
+Reporting Act (FCRA) for consumer reporting companies, or the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
+(GLBA) for financial institutions.
-                (6) a link to a page on the data broker's
-website that:
+ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
-                     (a) details how a consumer may exercise
-privacy rights by: 1) deleting personal information; 2)
-correcting inaccurate personal information; 3) learning what
-personal information is being collected and how to access that
-personal information; 4) learning what personal information is
-being sold or shared and to whom; 5) learning how to opt out of
-the sale or sharing of personal information; and 6) learning
-how to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal
-information; and
+RLD says SB192 compliments existing consumer-privacy and data-protection efforts.
-                     (b) does not make use of any dark
-patterns;
-
-                (7) whether and to what extent the data broker
-or any of the data broker's subsidiaries is regulated by:
-
-                     (a) the federal Fair Credit Reporting
-Act; or
-
-                     (b) the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
-and implementing regulations; and
-
-                (8) any additional information or explanation
-that the data broker chooses to provide concerning the data
-broker's data collection practices.
-
-     SECTION 4. [NEW MATERIAL] WEBSITE.--The department shall
-create a page on the department's website where the
-registration information provided by data brokers as provided
-in Subsection C of Section 3 of the Data Broker Privacy Act and
-the accessible deletion mechanism as provided in Section 6 of
-that act shall be accessible to the public.
-
-     SECTION 5. [NEW MATERIAL] DATA BROKERS--REQUIRED
-ACTIONS.--
-
-          A. On or before July 1 of each year, a data broker
-shall:
-
-                (1) compile the number of deletion requests
-submitted pursuant to Section 6 of the Data Broker Privacy Act
-that the data broker received and complied with in whole or in
-part or denied during the previous calendar year;
-
-                (2) compile the median and mean numbers of
-days within which the data broker substantively responded to
-requests submitted pursuant to Section 6 of the Data Broker
-Privacy Act during the previous calendar year; and
-
-                (3) disclose the metrics compiled pursuant to
-Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection within the data
-broker's privacy policy posted on the data broker's website and
-accessible from a link included in the data broker's privacy
-policy.
-
-          B. In the disclosure pursuant to Paragraph (3) of
-Subsection A of this section, a data broker shall disclose the
-number of requests that the data broker denied in whole or in
-part because the request:
-
-                (1) was not verifiable;
-
-                (2) was not made by a consumer;
-
-                (3) called for information exempt from
-deletion; or
-
-                (4) was denied on other grounds.
-
-     SECTION 6. [NEW MATERIAL] DELETION OF PERSONAL
-INFORMATION.--
-
-          A. The department shall establish an accessible
-deletion mechanism that:
-
-                (1) implements and maintains reasonable
-security procedures and practices, including administrative,
-physical and technical safeguards appropriate to the nature of
-the information and the purposes for which the personal
-information will be used and to protect consumers' personal
-information from unauthorized use, disclosure, access,
-destruction or modification;
-
-                (2) allows a consumer, through a single
-verifiable consumer request, to request that every data broker
-that maintains personal information delete any personal
-information related to that consumer held by the data broker or
-associated service provider or contractor;
-
-                (3) allows a consumer to selectively exclude
-specific data brokers from a request made pursuant to Paragraph
-(2) of this subsection; and
-
-                (4) allows a consumer to make a request to
-alter a previous request made pursuant to this subsection after
-at least forty-five days have passed since the consumer last
-made a request pursuant to this subsection.
-
-          B. The accessible deletion mechanism established
-pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall:
-
-                (1) allow a consumer to request the deletion
-of all personal information related to that consumer through a
-single deletion request;
-
-                (2) permit a consumer to securely submit
-information in one or more privacy-protecting ways, as
-determined by the department, to aid in a deletion request;
-
-                (3) allow a data broker registered with the
-department to determine whether an individual has submitted a
-verifiable consumer request to delete the personal information
-related to that consumer as provided in Paragraph (1) of this
-subsection and shall not allow the disclosure of any additional
-personal information when the data broker accesses the
-accessible deletion mechanism unless otherwise specified in the
-Data Broker Privacy Act;
-
-                (4) allow a consumer to make a request
-provided in Paragraph (1) of this subsection using an internet
-service operated by the department;
-
-                (5) not charge a consumer to make a request
-provided in Paragraph (1) of this subsection;
-
-                (6) allow a consumer to make a request
-provided in Paragraph (1) of this subsection in any language
-spoken by any consumer for whom personal information has been
-collected by data brokers;
-
-                (7) be readily accessible and usable by
-consumers with disabilities;
-
-                (8) support the ability of a consumer's
-authorized agent to aid in the deletion request;
-
-                (9) allow the consumer or the consumer's
-authorized agent to verify the status of the consumer's
-deletion request; and
-
-                (10) provide a description of:
-
-                     (a) the deletion permitted by this
-section, including the actions required by this subsection and
-Subsection C of this section;
-
-                     (b) the process for submitting a
-deletion request pursuant to this section; and
-
-                     (c) examples of the types of information
-that may be deleted.
-
-          C. Unless a consumer's request was denied pursuant
-to Subsection B of Section 5 of the Data Broker Privacy Act, a
-data broker shall within forty-five days after receiving a
-consumer's request made pursuant to this section:
-
-                (1) access the accessible deletion mechanism
-established pursuant to Subsection A of this section, process
-all deletion requests made pursuant to this section and delete
-all personal information related to a consumer making the
-request consistent with the requirements of this section; and
-
-                (2) direct all service providers or
-contractors associated with the data broker to delete all
-personal information in the service providers' and contractors'
-possession that is related to the consumers making the requests
-provided in Subsection A of this section.
-
-          D. Personal information shall not be used or
-disclosed for any other purpose, including marketing purposes.
-
-          E. After a consumer has submitted a deletion
-request and a data broker has deleted the consumer's data
-pursuant to this section, the data broker shall delete all
-personal information of the consumer at least once every forty-five days pursuant to this section unless the consumer requests
-otherwise.
-
-          F. After a consumer has submitted a deletion
-request and a data broker has deleted the consumer's data
-pursuant to this section, the data broker shall not sell or
-share new personal information of the consumer unless the
-consumer requests otherwise.
-
-          G. Beginning January 1, 2028 and every three years
-thereafter, a data broker shall undergo an audit by an
-independent third party to determine compliance with this
-section. For an audit completed pursuant to this subsection,
-the data broker shall submit a report resulting from the audit
-and any related materials to the department within five
-business days of a written request from the department. A data
-broker shall maintain the report and materials as provided in
-this subsection for at least six years.
-
-          H. The department may charge an access fee to a
-data broker when the data broker accesses the accessible
-deletion mechanism pursuant to Subsection C of this section,
-which fee shall not exceed the reasonable costs of providing
-that access. A fee collected by the department pursuant to
-this subsection shall be deposited in the data broker privacy
-fund.
-
-     SECTION 7. [NEW MATERIAL] FAILURE TO REGISTER--FAILURE TO
-DELETE INFORMATION--PENALTIES.--A data broker that fails to
-register or fails to delete personal information as required by
-Section 3 or 6 of the Data Broker Privacy Act is liable for
-administrative fines and costs in an administrative action
-brought by the department as follows:
-
-          A. an administrative fine of two hundred dollars
-($200) for each day that the data broker fails to register or
-fails to delete personal information as required by that act;
-
-          B. an amount equal to the fees that were due during
-the period when the data broker failed to register; and
-
-          C. expenses incurred by the department in the
-investigation of a data broker's failure to register or failure
-to delete personal information.
-
-     SECTION 8. [NEW MATERIAL] ADMINISTRATIVE RULES.--
-
-          A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this
-section, the department may promulgate rules pursuant to the
-Administrative Procedures Act to implement and administer the
-Data Broker Privacy Act.
-
-          B. A rule promulgated by the department to
-establish fees authorized by the Data Broker Privacy Act shall
-be exempt from the Administrative Procedures Act.
-
-     SECTION 9. [NEW MATERIAL] DATA BROKER PRIVACY FUND.--The
-"data broker privacy fund" is created as a nonreverting fund in
-the state treasury. The fund consists of appropriations,
-gifts, grants, donations and fines and expenses received
-pursuant to the Data Broker Privacy Act for the purposes of the
-provisions of that act. The department shall administer the
-fund. Money in the fund is subject to appropriation by the
-legislature. Disbursements from the fund shall be made by
-warrant of the secretary of finance and administration pursuant
-to vouchers signed by the secretary of economic development or
-the secretary's authorized representative.
-
-     SECTION 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
-provisions of this act is July 1, 2026.
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