---
type: "Bill"
title: "PECAN BUYERS LICENSURE ACT"
description: "PECAN BUYERS LICENSURE ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 217"
citation: "New Mexico SB 217 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "LICENSURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Munoz, George K.", "Pirtle, Cliff R."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1c6532d-af02-463f-8da6-592f21e1271b"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=217&year=18"
source_hash: "a1326ca180ad8c7e5f0179b4f0e6d7953e841c5ba00e40be7f6550ecea3a47e7"
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 217 (2018) — PECAN BUYERS LICENSURE ACT

## 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/SB0217.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0217.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **63–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Munoz, George K. — primary (person)
- Pirtle, Cliff R. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Conservation Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** germane
- **2018-02-06** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-10** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2018-02-13** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-02-14** passed House `passage`
- **2018-03-02** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-13** Sent to House Agriculture and Water Resources 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/d1c6532d-af02-463f-8da6-592f21e1271b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).