| After two weeks of relative calm, gun bills are once again moving quickly around the Roundhouse as we enter the fast-moving second half of the sixty-day session. After being introduced last minute and scheduled quickly for its first committee hearing, SB507, a significant rewrite of New Mexico’s Concealed Handgun Carry Act, will be in its second committee tomorrow afternoon. The bill proposes changes to concealed carry laws we have supported in the past, including eliminating the two-year refresher requirement, but we are concerned that the bill could interfere with reciprocity agreements as it strikes much of that language from the act. The bill will be in the Senate Judiciary Committee tomorrow, 2/26, in Room 321 after the floor session ends in the afternoon (times can widely vary at this point in the legislative session) (Zoom Link). A new bill on the House Side, HB470, was also introduced right at the filing deadline. The bill would add a section to New Mexico’s child abuse statues to make it a crime of child abuse for a minor to have access to a firearm without supervision by their parent, guardian or authorized adult. That bill will be in the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee on Thursday February 27, in Room 317 after the House Floor session (Zoom Link). After sitting on the House Floor for weeks, HB12, the “red-flag” gun confiscation law expansion was brought up for a vote today (vote count). The bill was passed and now heads to the Senate Side. Senate Judiciary Committee Senate Judiciary Committee Senator Joseph Cervantes – (D) joseph.cervantes@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4861 Senator Katy M. Duhigg – (D) katy.duhigg@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4270 Senator Mimi Stewart – (D) mimi.stewart@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4734 Senator Peter Wirth – (D) peter.wirth@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4727 Senator Antonio Maestas – (D) antonio.maestas@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4373 Senator Crystal Brantley – (R) crystal.brantley@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4369 Senator Debbie O’Malley – (D) debbie.o’malley@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4301 Senator Nicholas A. Paul – (R) nicholas.paul@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4395 Senator Anthony L. Thornton – (R) anthony.thornton@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4274 House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee Joanne J. Ferrary – (D) 505-986-4844 joanne.ferrary@nmlegis.gov Angelica Rubio – (D) 505-986-4210 angelica.rubio@nmlegis.gov Stefani Lord – (R) 505-986-4453 info@lord2020.com John Block – (R) 505-986-4453 John.Block@nmlegis.gov Catherine J. Cullen – (R) catherine.cullen@nmlegis.gov Andrea Romero – (D) 505-986-4243 andrea@andrearomero.com Elizabeth “Liz” Thomson – (D) 505-986-4425 liz.thomson@nmlegis.gov |