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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TUITION & FEE WAIVERS FOR FOSTER CHILDREN"
+description: "TUITION & FEE WAIVERS FOR FOSTER CHILDREN"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
+legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 251"
+citation: "New Mexico SB 251 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "EDUCATION", "POST SECONDARY", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS (marriage", "divorce", "custody", "support)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Munoz, George K."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-11"
+last_action: "2019-04-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fe3bd99-d73a-44f9-9c52-b9910fbbfc46"
+source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=251&year=19"
+source_hash: "a6eab88ce0f733428f45de1397b2273d89dea657a8155ee5116ea2cbd3b9325e"
+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 251 (2019) — TUITION & FEE WAIVERS FOR FOSTER CHILDREN
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/SB0251.PDF)
+2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0251.HTML)
+
+## Votes
+
+- senate passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Munoz, George K. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-11** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-17** Sent to Senate Education Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-04** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-18** passed Senate `passage`
+- **2019-02-19** Sent to House Education Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-25** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-16** passed House `passage`
+- **2019-04-03** Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2019-03-13** DO PASS 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/2fe3bd99-d73a-44f9-9c52-b9910fbbfc46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).
+