NMSSA Legislative Update 2/5

 

Both HB129 and SB204 were not heard today and instead moved to the Wednesday, 2/7, meetings of their respective committees. No gun control bills were heard on the House or Senate Floors either today. If you weren't able to make it out to our rally on Saturday, here is a video recap.  The Senate Judiciary Committee will be hearing HB129, the 7-day firearm purchase waiting period bill on Wednesday 2/7. The bill was amended down to 7 days on the House Floor. They only gave the bill one committee assignment on the Senate side, so this will be the last chance to testify on the bill. The meeting is scheduled for 1/2 hour after the afternoon Senate Floor session in Room 321 (zoom link). On Wednesday, 2/7, the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee will be hearing SB204, the parks and playgrounds gun ban. The meeting is scheduled for 1/2 hour after the afternoon Senate Floor Session in Room 311 (zoom link). Also on Wednesday, 2/7, the House Judiciary Committee will be hearing HB144. The bill would create a state "Office of Gun Violence Prevention," that would enable them to launder your tax dollars to gun control groups who lobby against your rights. That meeting is scheduled for 1:30pm in Room 309 (zoom link). There are still several bills waiting for votes on the House Floor. While we will not have a chance to testify on the bills on the floor, we must keep up the pressure against the bills before any vote takes place. We update the recipients of the following pre-written emails as the bills move through committees, so please continue to use them to contact legislators: Oppose HB27, Oppose HB114, Oppose HB 127, Oppose HB129, Oppose HB137, Oppose SB5, Oppose SB69, Oppose SB90, Oppose SB204, and Oppose SJR12. Thanks to our partners at Better Together NM who work with us on these alerts. 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 Cliff R. Pirtle - (R) cliff.pirtle@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4369  Senator Gregory A. Baca - (R) greg.baca@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4877 Senator Daniel A. Ivey-Soto - (D) daniel.ivey-soto@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4267 Senator Mark Moores - (R) mark.moores@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4877 Senator Bill B. O'Neill - (D) BILL@BILLONEILL4NM.COM 505-986-4260 Senator Mimi Stewart - (D) mimi.stewart@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4734 Senator Peter Wirth - (D) peter.wirth@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4727 Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee Gerald Ortiz y Pino - (D) jortizyp@msn.com 505-986-4482 Bill Tallman - (D) bill.tallman@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4373 Gregg Schmedes - (R) gregg.schmedes@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4395 Martin Hickey - (D) martin.hickey@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4513 Antonio Maestas - (D) antonio.maestas@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4726 Brenda G. McKenna - (D) brenda.mckenna@nmlegis.gov  505-986-4301 Antoinette Sedillo Lopez - (D) a.sedillolopez@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4389 Senator Greg Nibert - (R) greg.nibert@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4702 House Judiciary Committee Christine Chandler - (D) christine.chandler@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4411 Andrea Romero - (D) andrea@andrearomero.com 505-986-4243 William "Bill" R. Rehm - (R) bill.rehm@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4214 Eliseo Lee Alcon - (D) eliseo.alcon@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4416 Gail Chasey - (D) gail@gailchasey.com 505-986-4777 Ryan Lane - (R) RYAN@LANEFORLIBERTY.COM 505-986-4758 Javier Martínez - (D) javier.martinez@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4782 Matthew McQueen - (D) matthew.mcqueen@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4423 Representative Jared Hembree - (R) jared.hembree@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4758 Andrea Reeb - (R) Andrea.Reeb@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4215 Reena Szczepanski - (D) reena.szczepanski@nmlegis.gov 505-986-4777