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SENATE BILL 89
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TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
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NEW
MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
,
2025
INTRODUCED BY
Katy M. Duhigg
AN ACT
RELATING TO TAXATION; REMOVING INCREMENTAL INCREASES TO THE
CANNABIS EXCISE TAX.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 7-42-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2021 (1st
S.S.), Chapter 4, Section 45) is amended to read:
"7-42-3. CANNABIS EXCISE TAX.--
A. An excise tax is imposed on a cannabis retailer
that sells cannabis products in this state. The tax imposed by
this section may be referred to as the "cannabis excise tax".
B. The rate of the cannabis excise tax shall be [at
the following rates] twelve percent and shall be applied to the
price paid for a cannabis product
[(1) prior to July 1, 2025, twelve percent;
(2) beginning July 1, 2025 and prior to July
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1, 2026, thirteen percent;
(3) beginning July 1, 2026 and prior to July
1, 2027, fourteen percent;
(4) beginning July 1, 2027 and prior to July
1, 2028, fifteen percent;
(5) beginning July 1, 2028 and prior to July
1, 2029, sixteen percent;
(6) beginning July 1, 2029 and prior to July
1, 2030, seventeen percent; and
(7) beginning July 1, 2030, eighteen percent ].
C. The cannabis excise tax shall not apply to
retail sales of medical cannabis products sold to a qualified
patient or a primary caregiver who presents a registry
identification card issued pursuant to the Lynn and Erin
Compassionate Use Act or a reciprocal participant who presents
similar proof from another state, the District of Columbia or a
territory or commonwealth of the United States at the time of
the sale."
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
provisions of this act is July 1, 2025.
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