HB 47 UNLAWFUL FIREARMS WHILE TRAFFICKING

Rep William Rehm

Actions: HPREF [2] not prntd-HRC

Scheduled: Not Scheduled

 House Bill 47 (HB 47) relates to criminal law and creates the third-degree felony crime of unlawful carrying of a firearm while trafficking a controlled substance.   

 House Bill 47 (HB 47) enacts a new section of the Criminal Code to create the crime of unlawful carrying of a firearm while trafficking a controlled substance.  This offense is a third-degree felony.  

Trafficking a controlled substance is defined in Section 30-31-20 NMSA 1978 and includes manufacturing, distributing, selling, bartering, giving away, or possessing with the intent to distribute, a controlled substance.  The bill defines “firearm” as a 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 such a weapon.   

HB 47 is effective July 1, 2024.  
 

 Unlawful carrying of a firearm while trafficking a controlled substance is currently not a specific offense.