---
type: "Bill"
title: "WIRELESS CONSUMER ADVANCED INFRASTRUCTURE"
description: "WIRELESS CONSUMER ADVANCED INFRASTRUCTURE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 38"
citation: "New Mexico HB 38 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS & INDUSTRY", "UTILITIES (sewer", "electric", "gas", "water", "telephone)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodella, Debbie A.", "Smith, James E."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-15"
last_action: "2018-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/753a3be6-47cd-4899-8d4b-d410b9a995b7"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=38&year=18"
source_hash: "21028dccd18a00312c4685ff07ca5b59a78190fb68b5dbe3db3e4cbb3c289d22"
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 38 (2018) — WIRELESS CONSUMER ADVANCED INFRASTRUCTURE

## Version chain

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

1. **BI substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/house/HB0038BIS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/final/HB0038.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/house/HB0038.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **34–3** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **54–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rodella, Debbie A. — primary (person)
- Smith, James E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-15** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** passed House `passage`
- **2018-02-08** Sent to Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2018-01-23** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2018-01-23** germane & printed
- **2018-01-23** referred to House Local Government, Elections, Land Grants and Cultural Affairs Committee & House Business and Industry Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-12** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-13** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/753a3be6-47cd-4899-8d4b-d410b9a995b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).