---
type: "Bill"
title: "DEPT. OF MILITARY AFFAIRS CHANGES"
description: "DEPT. OF MILITARY AFFAIRS CHANGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "New Mexico SB 16 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MILITARY AFFAIRS (national guard", "vets)", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cisneros, Carlos R."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-15"
last_action: "2018-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b58d031-2ed6-4ef2-a38e-f3ed98c35e9b"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=16&year=18"
source_hash: "b6ac7aef2e0986bf6c1e50d167bd010670f5666aa2e6e5d2a1eca27eb4562f90"
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 16 (2018) — DEPT. OF MILITARY AFFAIRS CHANGES

## 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/SB0016.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0016.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cisneros, Carlos R. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-15** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-01-24** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-16** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** germane
- **2018-01-29** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-05** Sent to House State Government, Indian and Veterans' Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** passed House `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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/9b58d031-2ed6-4ef2-a38e-f3ed98c35e9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).