---
type: "Bill"
title: "ADD DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DEFINITIONS"
description: "ADD DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DEFINITIONS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 61"
citation: "New Mexico SB 61 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES & PENALTIES", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS (marriage", "divorce", "custody", "support)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ivey-Soto, Daniel A.", "Smith, James E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-04"
last_action: "2018-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1748dd3d-fbce-45ec-b896-c8eb00f0a576"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=61&year=18"
source_hash: "7f2fe60bb7e22889d6e913707c2da9ff11928797e4b0b6d2aa7c1d26e19e94c9"
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 61 (2018) — ADD DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DEFINITIONS

## 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/SB0061.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0061.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ivey-Soto, Daniel A. — primary (person)
- Smith, James E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** referred to Finance committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-04** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** germane
- **2018-02-02** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-09** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-02-09** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** passed House `passage`
- **2018-03-02** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1748dd3d-fbce-45ec-b896-c8eb00f0a576`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).