ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—A bill that would have required retailers to notify customers of a data breach has died in the last days of the New Mexico legislature, drawing criticism from the state’s credit unions.
The House had earlier unanimously approved the measure and in early March a Senate committee had also unanimously given it the OK, but the legislation did not get out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill, which would have required businesses to notify consumers if their personally identifiable data was at risk of being stolen, was strongly opposed by many of the legislature’s Democrats.
In a letter sent to the Albuquerque Journal, Paul Stull, president/CEO of the Credit Union Association of New Mexico, said “The failure of the Senate to approve (the legislation) gives criminals another full year of free rein on those who reside in New Mexico.”
New Mexico remains one of three states without a breach notification law.