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HOUSE BILL 549
57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025
INTRODUCED BY
Meredith A. Dixon
AN ACT
RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW; CREATING THE CRIME OF UNLAWFUL
CARRYING OF A FIREARM WHILE TRAFFICKING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE;
PROVIDING A PENALTY.
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.--Unlawful carrying of a
firearm while trafficking a controlled substance consists of
carrying a firearm while violating 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. As used in this
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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, 2025.
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