THE BILL KNOWN AS STEVIE’S LAW … NAMED FOR ABQ MURDER VICTIM STEVEN GERECKE … IS PASSED BY THE SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. STEVEN GERECKE WAS KILLED BY TEENS MOBBING IN HIS NORTHEAST HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD LAST SUMMER AROUND 3 IN THE MORNING.
THE LEGISLATION WOULD ALLOW NEW MEXICO CITIES TO IMPOSE CURFEWS ON MINORS UNDER AGE 16 FROM MIDNIGHT TO 5AM … WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS. THE BILL WOULD ALLOW POLICE TO DETAIN MINORS WHO ARE OUT AFTER HOURS … UNLESS THEY’RE OUT BECAUSE OF A JOB, A CIVIC OR RELIGIOUS EVENT, OR WITH THEIR PARENT OR GUARDIAN.
