---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIREARM SALE BACKGROUND CHECK"
description: "FIREARM SALE BACKGROUND CHECK"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 8"
citation: "New Mexico SB 8 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES & PENALTIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martinez, Richard C.", "Wirth, Peter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-17"
last_action: "2019-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45f88c35-e692-42a2-ab2e-3229c53eda20"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=8&year=19"
source_hash: "929dc65a32238ba60966e4269211c6cc1274c7f0ef122bd8d184b29556a21475"
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 SB 8 (2019) — FIREARM SALE BACKGROUND CHECK

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendments in Context** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/SB0008.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/SB0008.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0008.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **22–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martinez, Richard C. — primary (person)
- Wirth, Peter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-12-17** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** floor substitute adopted (2 amendment)
- **2019-02-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-03** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-04** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-05** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45f88c35-e692-42a2-ab2e-3229c53eda20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).