---
type: "Bill"
title: "ROSWELL LAND SALE"
description: "ROSWELL LAND SALE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HJR 9"
citation: "New Mexico HJR 9 (2018)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC LANDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ezzell, Candy Spence", "Nibert, Greg", "Townsend, James G.", "Wooley, Bob"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5eaec3d0-a105-41e3-93ee-51acd926351e"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=JR&legNo=9&year=18"
source_hash: "800b1fbe571d0a780b9814a8ba1dd6ee70d436a0c1573391e3aea20e4f4cd2c2"
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 HJR 9 (2018) — ROSWELL LAND SALE

## 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/HJR09.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/resolutions/house/HJR09.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- senate passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ezzell, Candy Spence — primary (person)
- Nibert, Greg — primary (person)
- Townsend, James G. — primary (person)
- Wooley, Bob — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** Sent to House Local Government, Elections, Land Grants and Cultural Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-02-12** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-10** DO PASS 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/5eaec3d0-a105-41e3-93ee-51acd926351e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).