Sat Mar 8 5:34PM - 13 days, 17 hours left in session
| Sponsors | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rep. Andrea Reeb | 64 | Chaves, Curry & Roosevelt |
| Rep. Nicole Chavez | 31 | Bernalillo |
| Rep. Luis M. Terrazas | 39 | Catron, Grant & Hidalgo |
| Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| House ✓ | Passed, Mar 6, 63-0 | ||
| SJC | [Referred, not scheduled] | ||
This is the official nmlegis action history. I'm doing my best to translate the LONG/WEIRD-STRING to something less gibberishy. And before you ask, no, the "Legis Day" number has no mapping to the real world.
Actions: HPREF [2] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC [4] DP-HJC [7] DP [13] PASSED/H (63-0)- SJC-SJC
| Legis Day | Action | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | prefile | H | ||
| 2 | referred | HCPAC/HJC | ||
| 2 | sent | HCPAC | ||
| 4 | passed | HCPAC (view committee report) | DP | 6-0 |
| 4 | sent | HJC | ||
| 7 | passed | HJC (view committee report) | DP | 9-0 |
| 13 | passed | House | 63-0 | |
| 13 | referred | SJC | ||
| 13 | sent | SJC |
This table shows bill actions detected on Ed's system, using heuristics that may not be 100% accurate and which may not reflect the "official" nmlegis chronology. It is probably more than you care to know.
| Jan 16 | filed: FIREARAM AT POLLING PLACE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT |
| Jan 22 | title: 'Firearam At Polling Place for Law Enforcement' -> 'Firearm At Polling Place for Law Enforcement' |
| Jan 27 | referred to HCPAC/HJC; sent to HCPAC |
| actions: 'HPREF' -> 'HPREF [2] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC' | |
| new sponsor: Luis M. Terrazas | |
| Jan 30 | scheduled for HCPAC on Thu Feb 6, 13:30 |
| Jan 31 | new sponsor: Nicole Chavez |
| sponsor: Luis M. Terrazas: 2 -> 3 | |
| Feb 2 | removed from HCPAC agenda Thu Feb 6, 13:30 |
| added to HCPAC agenda on Thu Feb 6, 13:30 | |
| Feb 7 | passed HCPAC; sent to HJC |
| actions: 'HPREF [2] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC' -> 'HPREF [2] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC [4] DP-HJC' | |
| Feb 17 | scheduled for HJC on Wed Feb 19, 13:30 |
| Feb 20 | on House calendar for Fri Feb 21, 10:30 |
| passed HJC; sent to Speaker's Table | |
| actions: 'HPREF [2] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC [4] DP-HJC' -> 'HPREF [2] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC [4] DP-HJC [7] DP-T' | |
| Feb 21 | actions: 'HPREF [2] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC [4] DP-HJC [7] DP-T' -> 'HPREF [2] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC [4] DP-HJC [7] DP' |
| on House calendar for Sat Feb 22, 12:30 | |
| Feb 22 | on House calendar for Mon Feb 24, 10:30 |
| Feb 24 | on House calendar for Tue Feb 25, 10:38 |
| Feb 25 | on House calendar for Wed Feb 26, 10:30 |
| Feb 26 | on House calendar for Thu Feb 27, 10:30 |
| Feb 27 | on House calendar for Fri Feb 28, 10:30 |
| Feb 28 | on House calendar for Sat Mar 1, 13:00 |
| Mar 2 | on House calendar for Mon Mar 3, 10:30 |
| Mar 3 | on House calendar for Tue Mar 4, 10:30 |
| Mar 4 | on House calendar for Wed Mar 5, 10:30 |
| Mar 5 | on House calendar for Thu Mar 6, 10:30 |
| Mar 6 | passed House |
| actions: 'HPREF [2] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC [4] DP-HJC [7] DP' -> '+ [13] PASSED/H (63-0)' | |
| Mar 7 | referred to SJC; sent to SJC |
| actions: 'HPREF [2] HCPAC/HJC-HCPAC [4] DP-HJC [7] DP [13] PASSED/H (63-0)' -> '+- SJC-SJC' |
HOUSE BILL 101
57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025
INTRODUCED BY
Andrea Reeb and Nicole Chavez and Luis M. Terrazas
AN ACT
RELATING TO FIREARMS; MAKING AN EXEMPTION TO UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AT A POLLING PLACE FOR COMMISSIONED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 1-20-24 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2024, Chapter 50, Section 1) is amended to read:
"1-20-24. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AT A POLLING PLACE.--
A. Unlawful possession of a firearm at a polling place consists of possession of a loaded or unloaded firearm by any person within:
(1) one hundred feet of the door through which voters may enter to vote at a school building in which a polling place is located while early voting is in progress or on election day;
(2) one hundred feet of the door through which voters may enter to vote at the office of the county clerk, an alternate voting location, a mobile voting site or any location used as a polling place while early voting is in progress or on election day that is not a school; or
(3) fifty feet of a monitored secured container as used in Subsection E of Section 1-6-9 NMSA 1978, beginning twenty-eight days before an election through election day.
B. The provisions of Subsection A of this section do not apply to:
(1) a certified law enforcement officer in performance of the officer's official duties;
(2) a law enforcement officer who is certified pursuant to the Law Enforcement Training Act acting in accordance with the policies of the officer's law enforcement agency;
(3) a commissioned law enforcement officer with the power to arrest in performance of the officer's official duties;
(4) a commissioned law enforcement officer with the power to arrest acting in accordance with the policies of the officer's law enforcement agency;
[(3)] (5) a person in a private automobile or other private means of conveyance; or
[(4)] (6) a person carrying a concealed firearm who is in possession of a valid concealed handgun license for that firearm pursuant to the Concealed Handgun Carry Act.
C. A person conducting lawful, non-election-related business nearer than one hundred feet from the door through which voters may enter to vote or nearer than fifty feet from a monitored secured container is not guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm at a polling place.
D. A person who commits unlawful possession of a firearm at a polling place is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and shall be sentenced pursuant to Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978.
E. For the purposes of this section, "firearm" means a weapon that will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosion, or the frame or receiver of any such weapon."
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