---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE"
description: "PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 319"
citation: "New Mexico HB 319 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC SAFETY (emergency services", "etc.)", "FINANCE", "PUBLIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gentry, Nate"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29762932-19fb-4ff3-b2fc-b3ef2d71db4a"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=319&year=18"
source_hash: "ceecf7209a79c2eb93fb0901bb6d78db523ddabf264bae62c1a897bb155e95cc"
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 319 (2018) — PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **EN substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/house/HB0319ENS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/final/HB0319.PDF)
3. **RC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/house/HB0319RCS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/house/HB0319.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **65–2** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gentry, Nate — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-31** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2018-02-08** germane & printed
- **2018-02-08** referred to House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-15** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2018-02-15** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-12** passed House `passage`
- **2018-02-13** 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/29762932-19fb-4ff3-b2fc-b3ef2d71db4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).