Signed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires background checks for gun sales.

Highlights:

• Specifies that the unlawful sale of a firearm without a background check consists of the sale of a firearm without conducting a federal instant background check where the sale is made for a fee or other consideration (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the provisions of this section do not apply to the sale of a firearm to the following (Sec. 1):

• By or to an individual who holds a current and valid federal firearms license;

• To a law enforcement agency; or

• Between two law enforcement officers certified pursuant to the Law Enforcement Training Act and authorized to carry a firearm.

• Authorizes that each party to an unlawful sale in violation to be separately charged for the same sale (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that each firearm sold contrary to the provisions constitutes a separate offense (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes two or more offenses to be charged in the same complaint, information, or indictment and is to be punished as separate offenses (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that whoever violates the provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires background checks for gun sales.

Highlights:

• Specifies that the unlawful sale of a firearm without a background check consists of the sale of a firearm without conducting a federal instant background check where the sale is made for a fee or other consideration (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the provisions of this section do not apply to the sale of a firearm to the following (Sec. 1):

• By or to an individual who holds a current and valid federal firearms license;

• To a law enforcement agency; or

• Between two law enforcement officers certified pursuant to the Law Enforcement Training Act and authorized to carry a firearm.

• Authorizes that each party to an unlawful sale in violation to be separately charged for the same sale (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that each firearm sold contrary to the provisions constitutes a separate offense (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes two or more offenses to be charged in the same complaint, information, or indictment and is to be punished as separate offenses (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that whoever violates the provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text