Legislative Update: Anti-gun proposal, tax bills have Tuesday hearings

Monday was another busy day at the Legislature, with the House Health and Human Services Committee (HHHC) passing on a party-line vote H.B. 16, “GUN VIOLENCE VICTIM ADVOCATE FUNDING” by Rep. Miguel P. Garcia, which is a radical anti-gun bill that would give money and advocacy to those who are victims or to survivors of “gun violence.” 

HHHC member Rep. Stefani Lord (R-Sandia Park) said during the meeting that “there is no such thing as gun violence,” which leftists were quick to criticize despite Lord’s facts presented in the Committee. 

Here are bill hearings you need to know about for Tuesday:

H.B. 68 “CRIMINAL CODE CHANGES” by Rep. Meredith Dixon (D-Bernalillo)

This radical bill turns law-abiding gun owners into felons if they are carrying a gun within a school zone. According to state Rep. Stefani Lord (R-Sandia Park), “Exceptions are in the car if over age 19” and concealed carry. “However, open carry is LEGAL in NM, but you would now be arrested for a felony if you walked down the sidewalk within 1000 feet of a school zone. If you lived in a school zone, you are now a felon once you walk to your car on the street.”

Other issues with the bill include “school zone” being “defined to mean any public, private or parochial school or property used for school purposes and the area within 1,000 feet of the school property line, but it does not mean a post-secondary school. This bill is unnecessary, overbroad, confusing and sets up legal traps for law-abiding citizens. First, let’s acknowledge that criminals ignore gun-free zones. This bill will impact law-abiding gun owners,” Lord writes.

This bill will be considered on Tuesday in the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee. To testify, the Zoom details are below: 

When: Jan 25, 2022 01:30 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Topic: House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82353539692 Or One tap mobile : US: +16699009128,,82353539692# or +12532158782,,82353539692# Or Telephone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 669 900 9128 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 646 558 8656 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 Webinar ID: 823 5353 9692

H.B. 49, “EXEMPT SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME FROM INCOME TAX” sponsored by Rep. Gail Armstrong (R-Magdalena). 

This bill would exempt social security from New Mexico’s unfair laws that double-tax these checks going to senior citizens. This is a positive bill and the Piñon Post encourages people to testify in support of it. 

This bill will be considered in the HOUSE COMMERCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. Zoom details are below: 

Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88683384400 Or One tap mobile : US: +16699009128,,88683384400# or +12532158782,,88683384400# Or Telephone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 669 900 9128 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 646 558 8656 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 Webinar ID: 886 8338 4400

H.B. 33, the “Cigarette and Tabacco Products Tax” by Rep. Joanne Ferrary (D-Doña Ana)

The extreme bill that would increase the tax rate on all tobacco products regardless of source, including an excise tax of 20 cents per cigarette sold was referred to the House Health and Human Services Committee to then be considered by the House Taxation and Revenue Committee.

The Committee will consider the bill on Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. The Zoom details are below:

Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84182969724 Or One tap mobile : US: +12532158782,,84182969724# or +13462487799,,84182969724# Or Telephone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 669 900 9128 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 558 8656 Webinar ID: 841 8296 9724

S.B. 21, “CREATING THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE INCOME TAX CREDIT,” by Sen. Bill Tallman (D-Bernalillo)

The bill that create a tax credit for people to purchase unsustainable electric vehicles was referred to the Senate Tax, Business, and Transportation Committee to be heard in the Senate Finance Committee. 

This bill will be heard on Tuesday “30 minutes after floor session” in the Senate Tax, Business, and Transportation Committee. The Zoom details are below: 

For public participation click on the following link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84895112616 to join the Webinar or via telephone 1-669-900-9128 Webinar ID: 848 9511 2616

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3 thoughts on “Legislative Update: Anti-gun proposal, tax bills have Tuesday hearings”

  1. I have testified at committee meetings in the past and given credible, fact-based testimony. It doesn’t matter to the Democrats on the committee because they have already decided long before what their vote will be. Even those Democrat members who know better are scared of the repercussions from their party if they don’t vote in step.

    1. In the words of one of those ( NM Democrats ) when asked what was in her gun control bill, last year? I’ll have to refer you to the lawyers from ANYTOWN ( a Gun control PAC ) who don’t even have a NM. Office ???? In short someone else writes these bills , forwards them to the PAID OFF democrats , who push them through !

  2. The Democrats are “TOLD” how to vote. Most of them have little idea what is going on. This would be show time except for all the Democrat road blocks that hide what they are doing, This is pure Power & Control from them.

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