SANTA FE, N.M. — State Rep. Joseph Hernandez, D-Shiprock, apologized Sunday after the Albuquerque Journal reported he was allegedly found naked and banging on hotel room doors at a Chicago hotel last month before being escorted out by police.

“I want to sincerely apologize to my family and my community for my behavior during a recent stay in Chicago,” Hernandez wrote in a Facebook post. “My conduct was not reflective of my role as a state representative or my duty to you — my constituents, and I accept full responsibility for my actions.”

Hernandez had initially issued a brief statement through New Mexico House Democrats referring vaguely to a “negative experience” with hotel security and police that led him to leave the Holiday Inn at Wolf Point on July 29, during a National Conference of State Legislatures summit in the city.

A Chicago Police Department report obtained by the Journal, along with two eyewitnesses, alleges the representative was naked and running around the hotel’s 17th floor, banging on other guests’ doors. Police were called and escorted him from the property. One witness told the Journal that Hernandez pushed him near an elevator before officers responded; Hernandez has not been charged in connection with the incident. The Santa Fe New Mexican additionally reported that Hernandez accused security and the hotel of racial bias after police arrived.

Both eyewitnesses, granted anonymity by the Journal to protect their employment, said Hernandez had also “passed out” on a lobby couch during an earlier night of his stay, prompting an initial encounter with hotel security.

In his Sunday statement, Hernandez said he is “seeking professional help to address my challenges with alcohol,” calling the incident a “regretful lapse in judgement.”

House Democratic Speaker Javier Martínez said in a statement Monday that he was “very disappointed in what transpired in Chicago” and wants Hernandez to get needed help. Martínez told the Journal last month he planned to speak with Hernandez directly but could not say whether a complaint had been filed with the New Mexico Interim Legislative Ethics Committee.

Sen. Jim Townsend, R-Artesia, called the episode “an embarrassment” on social media and said he doubted Democratic leadership would take disciplinary action. “He is a Democrat, so chances are it will be immediately forgotten,” Townsend wrote.

Hernandez, a first-term representative, defeated primary challenger Christina Aspaas in June and faces Republican Heather Ellison in November for the District 4 seat. Ellison joined calls last month for Hernandez “to tell the truth and take accountability for what happened.”

This is a developing story.