---
type: "Bill"
title: "ASSURANCE FOR PLUGGING OIL & GAS WELLS"
description: "ASSURANCE FOR PLUGGING OIL & GAS WELLS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 189"
citation: "New Mexico SB 189 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martinez, Richard C."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9ca7075-9e74-495e-b442-4db5df3bb3ac"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=189&year=18"
source_hash: "7a4481417da7bf2c4d8c7bb67c325c77791ef08e0f129c9f90a6e81d2db8d87c"
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 189 (2018) — ASSURANCE FOR PLUGGING OIL & GAS WELLS

## 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/SB0189.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0189.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **54–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Martinez, Richard C. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Conservation Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** germane
- **2018-02-06** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-10** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-02-12** Sent to House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** passed House `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Signed `executive-signature`
- **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/d9ca7075-9e74-495e-b442-4db5df3bb3ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).