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+type: "Bill"
+title: "WATER LAW VIOLATION MAXIMUM PENALTY"
+description: "WATER LAW VIOLATION MAXIMUM PENALTY"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
+legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 111"
+citation: "New Mexico HB 111 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMES & PENALTIES", "WATER & WATER RIGHTS (acequias", "irrigation", "rivers)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ortez, Kristina", "Romero, Andrea", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\"", "Stewart, Mimi", "Townsend, James G."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-22"
+last_action: "2026-03-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4769d6d-2f11-4330-bb6d-8bca00d4e90c"
+source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=111&year=26"
+source_hash: "9f0d92c7944f1eaf0c349438348fce433cd89a7e36eb311bd92a936961deec3c"
+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 HB 111 (2026) — WATER LAW VIOLATION MAXIMUM PENALTY
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/HB0111.PDF)
+2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0111.HTML)
+
+## Votes
+
+- senate passage — **39–3** (pass) · upper
+- house passage — **51–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ortez, Kristina — primary (person)
+- Romero, Andrea — primary (person)
+- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)
+- Stewart, Mimi — primary (person)
+- Townsend, James G. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-05** Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2026-02-02** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-22** Sent to House Agriculture, Acequias & Water Resources Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-27** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-15** passed Senate `passage`
+- **2026-02-12** passed House `passage`
+- **2026-02-13** Sent to Senate Conservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4769d6d-2f11-4330-bb6d-8bca00d4e90c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).
+