---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC SERVICE LAW LOAN REPAYMENT CAP"
description: "PUBLIC SERVICE LAW LOAN REPAYMENT CAP"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 143"
citation: "New Mexico SB 143 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "POST SECONDARY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz y Pino, Gerald"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60d8f549-dccb-4b12-915a-8a62c3e676b5"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=143&year=18"
source_hash: "86454d0a08b45bd24280f0ee71845a2eef4f2961e8c9b85fb4a98da641091389"
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 143 (2018) — PUBLIC SERVICE LAW LOAN REPAYMENT CAP

## 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/SB0143.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0143.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ortiz y Pino, Gerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-03** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-23** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Education Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** germane
- **2018-01-29** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-02-07** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** passed House `passage`
- **2018-03-02** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-10** 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/60d8f549-dccb-4b12-915a-8a62c3e676b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).