NMSSA Legislative Update 2/7

In the the Senate Judiciary Committee today, there was a committee substitute bill for HB129, the 7-day firearm purchase waiting period proposal. The bill was amended to exempt concealed carry permit holders from having to wait to take purchased firearms home. There were other amendments as well as to clean up language around FFLs purchasing firearms for resale and removing waiting periods for suppressors. The bill now heads to the Senate Floor for a vote by the full Senate. Because the bill was amended, it will have to go back to the House Floor for a concurrence vote if it passes the Senate. SB204 was postponed in the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee and will be heard later this week or weekend. HB144 was also postponed in the House Judiciary Committee to be heard later this week or weekend. There are a lot of gun control bills waiting for votes on the House Floor, HB27 the red-flag law expansion, HB114 the firearm industry liability bill, HB127 the under 21 semiautomatic gun ban, and HB137 the semiautomatic firearm sales ban and registry. Why are they sitting there? They don't know if they have the votes to pass the bills or not. The vote on HB129 was very close, we believe the votes on those bills will be too if they are brought up. This is why it is critical that we keep up the pressure against these bills. There is just over a week to go in the 2024 Session, we can't afford to give up now and let them sneak something through right at the end. 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.