---
type: "Bill"
title: "MILITARY SPOUSE TEACHER LICENSURE"
description: "MILITARY SPOUSE TEACHER LICENSURE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 97"
citation: "New Mexico SB 97 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MILITARY AFFAIRS (national guard", "vets)", "EDUCATION", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adkins, David E.", "Burt, William F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61e94918-c393-4f5c-9714-6a7a923f6b92"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=97&year=18"
source_hash: "5171c2ab09f0895768751b10f5d1a9b6f2b3f27d339d380794aef27a13161116"
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 97 (2018) — MILITARY SPOUSE TEACHER LICENSURE

## 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/SB0097.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0097.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adkins, David E. — primary (person)
- Burt, William F. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-03** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-01-23** germane
- **2018-01-12** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Education Committee & Senate Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-02** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-05** Sent to House Education Committee & House State Government, Indian and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-10** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** passed House `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61e94918-c393-4f5c-9714-6a7a923f6b92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).