New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HB565 Compare Versions

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28	28	HOUSE BILL 565
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30	30	TH LEGISLATURE
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46	46	INTRODUCED BY
47	47	Stefani Lord and Jimmy G. Mason and John Block
48	48	and William A. Hall II and Harlan Vincent
49	49	AN ACT
50	50	RELATING TO FIREARMS; PROVIDING THAT THE REQUIRED WAITING
51	51	PERIOD FOR THE SALE OF A FIREARM DOES NOT APPLY TO A BUYER WHO
52	52	IS A CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR A COMMISSIONED LAW
53	53	ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WITH THE POWER TO MAKE ARRESTS.
54	54	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
55	55	SECTION 1. Section 30-7-7.3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2024,
56	56	Chapter 46, Section 1) is amended to read:
57	57	"30-7-7.3. UNLAWFUL SALE OF A FIREARM BEFORE REQUIRED
58	58	WAITING PERIOD ENDS.--
59	59	A. A waiting period of seven calendar days shall be
60	60	required for the sale of a firearm and the transfer of the
61	61	firearm to the buyer. The seven-calendar-day waiting period
62	62	shall include the period required to conduct a federal instant
63	63	background check; provided that, if the seven-calendar-day
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91	91	waiting period has expired without the completion of a required
92	92	federal instant background check, the seller shall not transfer
93	93	the firearm to the buyer until the federal instant background
94	94	check is completed. If the required federal instant background
95	95	check has not been completed within twenty days, the seller may
96	96	transfer the firearm to the buyer.
97	97	B. The firearm shall remain in the custody of the
98	98	seller or the federal firearms licensee performing the federal
99	99	instant background check during the entirety of the waiting
100	100	period.
101	101	C. Unlawful sale of a firearm before the required
102	102	waiting period ends consists of the transfer of ownership,
103	103	possession or physical control of the firearm from the seller
104	104	to the buyer before the end of the required seven-calendar-day
105	105	waiting period, but does not include temporary possession or
106	106	control of a firearm provided to a customer by the proprietor
107	107	of a licensed business in the conduct of that business.
108	108	D. Each party to an unlawful sale of a firearm
109	109	before the required waiting period ends is in violation of this
110	110	section and may be separately charged for the same sale.
111	111	E. Each firearm sold contrary to the provisions of
112	112	this section constitutes a separate offense under Subsection C
113	113	of this section.
114	114	F. Two or more offenses may be charged in the same
115	115	complaint, information or indictment and shall be punished as
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144	144	separate offenses.
145	145	G. Whoever violates the provisions of this section
146	146	is guilty of a misdemeanor.
147	147	H. The provisions of this section do not apply to
148	148	the sale of a firearm:
149	149	(1) to a buyer who holds a valid federal
150	150	firearms license;
151	151	(2) to a buyer who holds a valid New Mexico
152	152	concealed handgun license pursuant to the Concealed Handgun
153	153	Carry Act;
154	154	(3) to a law enforcement agency;
155	155	(4) between two law enforcement officers
156	156	authorized to carry a firearm and certified pursuant to federal
157	157	law or the Law Enforcement Training Act; [or ]
158	158	(5) to a buyer who is a law enforcement
159	159	officer authorized to carry a firearm and certified pursuant to
160	160	federal law or the Law Enforcement Training Act;
161	161	(6) to a buyer who is a commissioned law
162	162	enforcement officer who has the power to arrest while
163	163	performing the officer's official duties; or
164	164	[(5)] (7) between immediate family members.
165	165	I. As used in this section:
166	166	(1) "firearm" means any weapon that will or is
167	167	designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile
168	168	by the action of an explosion; the frame or receiver of any
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197	197	such weapon; and includes any handgun, rifle or shotgun; but
198	198	shall not include an antique firearm as defined in 18 U.S.C.
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200	200	designed to be used for construction purposes, an emergency
201	201	flare or a firearm in permanently inoperable condition; and
202	202	(2) "immediate family member" means a spouse,
203	203	a parent, a child, a sibling, a grandparent, a grandchild, a
204	204	great-grandchild, a niece, a nephew, a first cousin, an aunt or
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