---
type: "Bill"
title: "INCREASE PENALTY FOR FELON WITH FIREARM"
description: "INCREASE PENALTY FOR FELON WITH FIREARM"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 19"
citation: "New Mexico HB 19 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES & PENALTIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gentry, Nate", "Ivey-Soto, Daniel A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-12-15"
last_action: "2018-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa722a3f-b84d-444c-9217-bc5c2a1657df"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=19&year=18"
source_hash: "0fc76764e1b25ce59a1af2edb3378539a6d46fc87420cc11914c745dc2481ce5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nm"]
---

# New Mexico HB 19 (2018) — INCREASE PENALTY FOR FELON WITH FIREARM

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/final/HB0019.PDF)
2. **JC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/house/HB0019JCS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/house/HB0019.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **66–1** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **32–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gentry, Nate — primary (person)
- Ivey-Soto, Daniel A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-03** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-12-15** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2018-01-22** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2018-01-22** germane & printed
- **2018-01-22** referred to House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee & House Appropriations and Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-30** Referred to the House Appropriations & Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-02** floor substitute adopted (2 amendment)
- **2018-02-02** passed House `passage`
- **2018-02-14** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2018-02-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-02-14** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2018-02-13** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-07** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa722a3f-b84d-444c-9217-bc5c2a1657df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).