SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL 146
54th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2019
AN ACT
RELATING TO CRIME; CREATING THE CRIME OF MAKING A THREAT OF A SCHOOL SHOOTING.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. A new section of the Criminal Code is enacted to read:
"[NEW MATERIAL] MAKING A THREAT OF A SCHOOL SHOOTING.--
A. It is unlawful for a person to make a threat of a school shooting.
B. Whoever commits making a threat of a school shooting is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
C. As used in this section, "threat of a school shooting" means communicating one's intention to bring to a school or use at a school a firearm, unless specifically authorized by the school."