---
type: "Bill"
title: "GOLD STAR FAMILY LICENSE PLATE ELIGIBILITY"
description: "GOLD STAR FAMILY LICENSE PLATE ELIGIBILITY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 86"
citation: "New Mexico SB 86 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MILITARY AFFAIRS (national guard", "vets)", "MOTOR VEHICLES (autos", "trucks", "buses", "cycles)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia, Miguel P.", "Gould, Candace", "Youngblood, Monica"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7f618ce-6c71-400e-a61a-0a1a88290301"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=86&year=18"
source_hash: "2bb4c5dfd7f99bfa99780705518c4b8d1d863760a02903f6bb38a54a50e7484f"
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 86 (2018) — GOLD STAR FAMILY LICENSE PLATE ELIGIBILITY

## 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/SB0086.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0086.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Garcia, Miguel P. — primary (person)
- Gould, Candace — primary (person)
- Youngblood, Monica — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-03** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-18** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** germane
- **2018-01-30** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-05** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-02-07** Sent to House Transportation, Public Works and Capital Improvements Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-13** passed House `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7f618ce-6c71-400e-a61a-0a1a88290301`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).