---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOTTERY SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS & TUITION COSTS"
description: "LOTTERY SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS & TUITION COSTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 140"
citation: "New Mexico SB 140 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "POST SECONDARY", "GAMING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Soules, William P."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/491f66fe-6774-4f2d-95c5-fef677b8c486"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=140&year=18"
source_hash: "244b6cce84d92bef214a77c40dca57a2bc83303d6614b4b1d2134022ffc4c77b"
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 SB 140 (2018) — LOTTERY SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS & TUITION COSTS

## Version chain

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

1. **FC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0140FCS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/final/SB0140.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0140.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Soules, William P. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Education Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** germane
- **2018-01-29** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-15** passed House `passage`
- **2018-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-13** Sent to House Education 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/491f66fe-6774-4f2d-95c5-fef677b8c486`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).