HB 101 — FIREARM AT POLLING PLACE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT

HOUSEAN BILLACT 101RELATING 57THTO LEGISLATUREFIREARMS; -STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSION, 2025 INTRODUCED BY Andrea Reeb and Nicole Chavez and Luis M.

Terrazas 6 8 10 AN ACT RELATING TO FIREARMS;

156 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1-20-24 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2024, e t 17 Chapter 50, Section 1) is amended to read:

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UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AT A POLLING = = 19 a l PLACE.-- i a e r 20 A.

Unlawful possession of a firearm at a polling a t m m 21 place consists of possession of a loaded or unloaded firearm by d r e 22 any person within:

c e s k 23 (1) one hundred feet of the door through which e a n b 24 voters may enter to vote at a school building in which a u [ polling place is located while early voting is in progress or .229596.1 on election day;

or (3) fifty feet of a monitored secured container as used in Subsection E of Section 1-6-9 NMSA 1978, beginning twenty-eight days before an election through HB 101 Page 1 election day.

(2) a law enforcement officer who is certified pursuant to the Law Enforcement Training Act acting in e t 17 accordance with the policies of the officer's law enforcement w l n d 18 agency;

= = 19 a l (3) a commissioned law enforcement officer i a e r 20 with the power to arrest in performance of the officer's a t m m 21 official duties;

d r e 22 (4) a commissioned law enforcement officer c e s k 23 with the power to arrest acting in accordance with the policies e a n b 24 of the officer's law enforcement agency;

u [ [(3)] (5) a person in a private automobile or .229596.1 - 2 - other private means of conveyance;

or [(4)] (6) a person carrying a concealed firearm who is in possession of a valid concealed handgun license for that firearm pursuant to the Concealed Handgun Carry Act.

A person conducting lawful, non-election-relatednon-election- related business nearer than one hundred feet from the door through which voters may enter to vote or nearer than fifty feet from a monitored secured container is not guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm at a polling place.

HB 101 Page 2 D.

For the purposes of this section, "firearm" means a weapon that will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosion, e t 17 or the frame or receiver of any such weapon." wHB l101 nPage d 18 - 3 -9 =25 = 19 a l i a e r 20 a t m m 21 d r e 22 c e s k 23 e a n b 24 u [ .229596.1