---
type: "Bill"
title: "PURCHASE OF FIREARMS FOR ANOTHER"
description: "PURCHASE OF FIREARMS FOR ANOTHER"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 306"
citation: "New Mexico HB 306 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES & PENALTIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lane, T. Ryan", "Lara, Raymundo", "Reeb, Andrea", "Rehm, William \"Bill\" R."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72cd35b9-51e2-4634-910c-ac1204c629cd"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=306&year=23"
source_hash: "ed83f0284a7d66d5954921a0f6759347a34444cfd357e32bd56f404bf32ab3fd"
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 306 (2023) — PURCHASE OF FIREARMS FOR ANOTHER

## Version chain

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

1. **CP substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0306CPS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/HB0306.PDF)
3. **JC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0306JCS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0306.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Lane, T. Ryan — primary (person)
- Lara, Raymundo — primary (person)
- Reeb, Andrea — primary (person)
- Rehm, William "Bill" R. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-10** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72cd35b9-51e2-4634-910c-ac1204c629cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).