
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham today celebrated the Senate passage of House Bill 9 sponsored by Representatives Pamela Herndon, D-N.M., Patricia Roybal Caballero, D-N.M., and Joanne J. Ferrary, D-N.M., and Senators Mimi Stewart, D-N.M., and Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, D-N.M. The legislation will protect children by requiring gun owners to keep firearms safely stored.
The bill as amended in the Senate now heads back to the House for concurrence.
“I commend the members of the Legislature for joining me in efforts to keep New Mexicans safe by requiring safe storage of firearms," Lujan Grisham said. "I look forward to signing this important legislation following the concurrence by the...