A BILL UNANIMOUSLY PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR HAS BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR MARTINEZ. CO-SPONSOR BILL O'NEILL, A STATE SENATOR FROM ALBUQUERQUE, SAYS IT'S CALLED "ERIN'S LAW"…NAMED FOR ERIN MERRYN, A SEXUAL ABUSE SURVIVOR FROM ILLINOIS.
THE NEW LAW ALSO MANDATES THAT…STARTING NEXT SCHOOL YEAR… STUDENTS MUST BE TAUGHT IN HEALTH EDUCATION COURSES ABOUT REPORTING AND PREVENTING ABUSE.
