Signed by the Governor: New Mexico Law Creates State Process to End Qualified Immunity SANTA FE, N.M. (April 7, 2021) – On Wednesday, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill that will create a process to sue in state court when government agents use excessive force or take other actions that violate individual rights without the possibility of “qualified immunity” as a defense. Rep. Georgene Louis (D) and House Speaker Brian Egolf (D) introduced House Bill 4 (HB4) on Jan. 19. The legislation would create a cause of action in state courts to sue state or local government agencies when their employees or officials “subject or cause to be subjected any resident of New Mexico or person within the state to deprivation of any rights, privileges or immunities secured pursuant to the bill of rights of the constitution of New Mexico.”