---
type: "Bill"
title: "LIBRARY BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE FUND"
description: "LIBRARY BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE FUND"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 207"
citation: "New Mexico HB 207 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UTILITIES (sewer", "electric", "gas", "water", "telephone)", "CULTURAL AFFAIRS (arts", "museums", "libraries)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia Richard, Stephanie", "Smith, James E.", "Sweetser, Candie G."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a93f5f0-4157-4e0f-8e9a-4f7dad78d22d"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=207&year=18"
source_hash: "a5c1d423b2f9adc876215bbbdba9e54b3382e09de1d72a9a23b080b8e49322ca"
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 207 (2018) — LIBRARY BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

## 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/18%20Regular/final/HB0207.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/house/HB0207.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garcia Richard, Stephanie — primary (person)
- Smith, James E. — primary (person)
- Sweetser, Candie G. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-08** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-24** Sent to House Business and Industry Committee & House Appropriations and Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-10** Sent to Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** passed House `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-02-14** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2018-02-13** DO PASS, as amended, 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/6a93f5f0-4157-4e0f-8e9a-4f7dad78d22d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).