HB 197

                                1  HOUSE BILL 197
                                2      57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2026
                                3  INTRODUCED BY
                                4  Andrea Reeb
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                                10  AN ACT
                                11   RELATING TO CRIME; INCREASING THE PENALTY FOR LARCENY OF A
                                12   FIREARM.
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                                14   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
                                15        SECTION 1.    Section 30-16-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1963,
                                16   Chapter 303, Section 16-1, as amended) is amended to read:
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                                17        "30-16-1.    LARCENY.--
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                                18  A.    Larceny consists of the stealing of anything of
                                19   value that belongs to another.
                                20  B.    Whoever commits larceny when the value of the
                                21   property stolen is two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or less is
                                22   guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
                                23  C.    Whoever commits larceny when the value of the
                                24   property stolen is over two hundred fifty dollars ($250) but
                                25   not more than five hundred dollars ($500) is guilty of a
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                                1    misdemeanor.
                                2  D.   Whoever commits larceny when the value of the
                                3    property stolen is over five hundred dollars ($500) but not
                                4    more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) is guilty
                                5    of a fourth degree felony.
                                6  E.   Whoever commits larceny when the value of the
                                7    property stolen is over two thousand five hundred dollars
                                8    ($2,500) but not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is
                                9    guilty of a third degree felony.
                                10  F.   Whoever commits larceny when the value of the
                                11   property stolen is over twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is
                                12   guilty of a second degree felony.
                                13  G.   Whoever commits larceny when the property of
                                14   value stolen is livestock is guilty of a third degree felony
                                15   regardless of its value.
                                16  H.   Whoever commits larceny when the property of
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                                17   value stolen is a firearm is guilty of a [fourth] third degree
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                                18   felony when its value is less than two thousand five hundred
                                19   dollars ($2,500)."
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