New Mexico legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Mexico HB155: FIREWORKS BANS, VIOLATIONS & FINES
Status: Failed, January 26, 2026
What the bill says
An act relating to fireworks; amending and enacting sections of the fireworks licensing and safety act; expanding the ability of a governing body of a municipality or county to restrict the sale or use of fireworks based on certain weather or environmental conditions; empowering the state fire marshal to prohibit the sale or use of fireworks based on certain weather or environmental conditions; increasing existing criminal penalties; making it a crime to violate an order issued by the state fire marshal and prescribing penalties…
From the introduced text, January 26, 2026:
AN ACT RELATING TO FIREWORKS; AMENDING AND ENACTING SECTIONS OF THE FIREWORKS LICENSING AND SAFETY ACT; EXPANDING THE ABILITY OF A GOVERNING BODY OF A MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY TO RESTRICT THE SALE OR USE OF FIREWORKS BASED ON CERTAIN WEATHER OR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EMPOWERING THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OR USE OF FIREWORKS BASED ON CERTAIN WEATHER OR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INCREASING EXISTING CRIMINAL PENALTIES; MAKING IT A CRIME TO VIOLATE AN ORDER ISSUED BY THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES; PROVIDING THAT A VIOLATION OF AN ORDER ISSUED BY THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL MAY RESULT IN THE REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF A LICENSE OR PERMIT ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE FIREWORKS LICENSING AND SAFETY ACT; PROVIDING THAT THE RESIDENT, OWNER OR OCCUPIER OF A PRIVATE PROPERTY WHO ALLOWS A PERSON TO USE FIREWORKS ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY IN VIOLATION OF THE FIREWORKS LICENSING AND SAFETY ACT .232272.3 wen = lairetam derocsrednu eteled = ]lairetam detekcarb[ OR AN ORDER ISSUED BY THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL IS SUBJECT TO A CIVIL FINE; MAKING CONFORMING AMENDMENTS; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: SECTION 1. Section 60-2C-8.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1997, Chapter 17, Section 9, as amended) is amended to read: "60-2C-8.1. MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY GOVERNING BODY DETERMINATION OF EXTREME OR SEVERE …
Sponsors
- Meredith A. Dixon (D, HD-020) · primary sponsor