---
type: "Bill"
title: "WASTEWATER SYSTEM FINANCING"
description: "WASTEWATER SYSTEM FINANCING"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 65"
citation: "New Mexico HB 65 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WATER & WATER RIGHTS (acequias", "irrigation", "rivers)", "UTILITIES (sewer", "electric", "gas", "water", "telephone)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowder, Randal S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-21"
last_action: "2018-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adc2d9c7-854f-46db-a0ce-c9ad0a2b1773"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=65&year=18"
source_hash: "7d130b0efde8408a3278a6626394095900c1ded9aa96661ee39805d34808c9c7"
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 65 (2018) — WASTEWATER SYSTEM FINANCING

## 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/HB0065.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/house/HB0065.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crowder, Randal S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-21** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2018-01-22** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2018-01-22** germane & printed
- **2018-01-22** referred to House Agriculture and Water Resources Committee & House Appropriations and Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** passed House `passage`
- **2018-02-09** Sent to Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-13** DO PASS 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/adc2d9c7-854f-46db-a0ce-c9ad0a2b1773`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).