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HB228 • 2026

FIREARMS & TRAFFICKING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES

FIREARMS & TRAFFICKING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES

Firearms
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative John Block, Representative Randall T. Pettigrew
Last action
Official status
[3] not prntd-HRC API.
Effective date
Not listed

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FIREARMS & TRAFFICKING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES

FIREARMS & TRAFFICKING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES

What This Bill Does

  • FIREARMS & TRAFFICKING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-29 New Mexico Legislature

    Not Printed

  2. New Mexico Legislature

    Action Postponed Indefinitely

Official Summary Text

FIREARMS & TRAFFICKING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES

Current Bill Text

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HB0228

HOUSE BILL 228

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2026

INTRODUCED BY

Randall T. Pettigrew
and
John Block

AN ACT

RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW; CREATING THE CRIME OF UNLAWFUL
CARRYING OF A FIREARM WHILE TRAFFICKING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE;
PROVIDING PENALTIES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

SECTION 1.
A new section of Chapter 30, Article 7 NMSA
1978 is enacted to read:

"[
NEW MATERIAL
] UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF A FIREARM WHILE
TRAFFICKING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.--

A. Unlawful carrying of a firearm while trafficking
a controlled substance consists of carrying a firearm while
trafficking a controlled substance in violation of the
provisions of Section 30-31-20 NMSA 1978. Whoever commits
unlawful carrying of a firearm while trafficking a controlled
substance is guilty of a third degree felony and shall be
sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA
1978.

B. As used in this section, "firearm" means any
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."

SECTION 2.
EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
provisions of this act is July 1, 2026.

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