---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL ELECTION ACT"
description: "LOCAL ELECTION ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 98"
citation: "New Mexico HB 98 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bandy, Paul C.", "Ivey-Soto, Daniel A.", "Smith, James E."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb6ccf83-a091-4f70-bc19-752030a4fc08"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=98&year=18"
source_hash: "9bff316e2ef0d03203442208b9203e84d47719823494fecf351579e64f0ca77b"
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 98 (2018) — LOCAL ELECTION ACT

## 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/HB0098.PDF)
2. **LG substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/house/HB0098LGS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/house/HB0098.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **25–15** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **51–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bandy, Paul C. — primary (person)
- Ivey-Soto, Daniel A. — primary (person)
- Smith, James E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2018-01-29** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2018-01-29** germane & printed
- **2018-01-29** referred to House Local Government, Elections, Land Grants and Cultural Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-14** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** this procedure could follow if the House refuses to recede from its amendments
- **2018-02-15** Sent to Conference Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** House report adopted
- **2018-02-15** Senate report adopted
- **2018-02-12** Sent to Senate Rules Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-02-14** House failed to concur in Senate amendments
- **2018-03-07** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-10** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-10** passed House `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb6ccf83-a091-4f70-bc19-752030a4fc08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).