Santa Fe New Mexican

GOVERNOR’S PUBLIC SAFETY PACKAGE

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◆ The Firearm Industry Accountabi­lity Act would allow gun manufactur­ers to be held liable for deceptive trade practices; sponsored by Rep. Christine Chandler.

◆ An assault weapons ban; sponsored by Rep. Andrea Romero.

◆ Raising the age to purchase automatic firearms to 21 from 18; sponsored by Rep. Reena Szczepansk­i.

◆ A firearms purchase waiting period of 14 days for a federal background check to reduce the opportunit­y for gun violence and suicide; sponsored by Romero.

◆ Prohibitin­g guns in or near polling places; sponsored by Sen. Peter Wirth.

◆ Prohibitin­g guns in parks and playground­s.

◆ Increased criminal penalty for second-degree murder to 18 years from 15 years; sponsored by Sen. Antonio Maestas.

◆ Increases the criminal penalty for felons found to be in possession of guns, making it a second-degree felony; sponsored by Rep. Dayan Hochman-Vigil.

◆ Amending the human traffickin­g statute to increase the statute of limitation­s, criminal penalties and victim protection­s; sponsored by Rep. Marian Matthews.

◆ Changes to the commercial burglary statute.

◆ Pretrial detention of a person accused of a violent crime unless rebutted by clear and convincing evidence; sponsored by Sen. Craig Brandt.

◆ Mandated treatment, giving judges a more robust avenue to civilly commit individual­s who are a danger to themselves or society.

◆ Update the Racketeeri­ng Act by adding human traffickin­g, rape, exploitati­on of children, escape from penitentia­ry and tampering with public records.

◆ Amendments to the Extreme Risk Firearms Protection Order Act; sponsored by Reps. Chandler and Joy Garratt.

◆ Allowing public safety personnel who previously retired from PERA to be able to return to work and continue to serve their communitie­s.

◆ Panhandlin­g ban.

◆ Updating the requiremen­ts for testing the blood of a suspected intoxicate­d driver to include both drugs and alcohol for misdemeano­r crimes when the arrested person refuses testing.

◆ Hazing penalties for teachers, coaches or other reporting parties who knew, or should have known about hazing and failed to report it.

◆ Data sharing requiremen­ts for law enforcemen­t agencies as a condition of state funding.

◆ A firefighte­r, law enforcemen­t and correction­s officer recruitmen­t fund.

◆ Compensati­on increases for New Mexico State Police and correction­s and parole officers.

 ?? LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN ?? Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham unveils her public safety plans for the upcoming legislativ­e session during a news conference at her office Friday. The governor said she has consulted with lawmakers and feels “much better about Democrat support this year.”
LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham unveils her public safety plans for the upcoming legislativ­e session during a news conference at her office Friday. The governor said she has consulted with lawmakers and feels “much better about Democrat support this year.”

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