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+type: "Bill"
+title: "DRIVER'S LICENSE CHANGES"
+description: "DRIVER'S LICENSE CHANGES"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
+legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 278"
+citation: "New Mexico SB 278 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES (autos", "trucks", "buses", "cycles)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ivey-Soto, Daniel A.", "Ortiz y Pino, Gerald"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-21"
+last_action: "2019-04-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5e7b472-7a4d-4963-b34a-7337780389d9"
+source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=278&year=19"
+source_hash: "a05c9cf9a528da36af2532b5d44fcbfaf39b1ada549366a3992c28437fe003b9"
+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 278 (2019) — DRIVER'S LICENSE CHANGES
+
+## 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/SB0278.PDF)
+2. **PA substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0278PAS.HTML)
+3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0278.HTML)
+
+## Votes
+
+- senate passage — **31–9** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ivey-Soto, Daniel A. — primary (person)
+- Ortiz y Pino, Gerald — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-21** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-11** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-19** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-21** passed Senate `passage`
+- **2019-02-22** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-13** passed House `passage`
+- **2019-03-11** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-03** Signed `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5e7b472-7a4d-4963-b34a-7337780389d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).
+