---
type: "Bill"
title: "COMMERCIAL AEROSPACE PROTECTION ACT"
description: "COMMERCIAL AEROSPACE PROTECTION ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 98"
citation: "New Mexico SB 98 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AVIATION & RAILROADS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burt, William F.", "Dow, Rebecca", "Papen, Mary Kay"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8f42ecb-a294-46ff-9dbf-db0770002727"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=98&year=18"
source_hash: "376205ee2c91d09871d515283587c6ce68b57420264605bd5a0238db08aee134"
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 98 (2018) — COMMERCIAL AEROSPACE PROTECTION 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/SB0098.PDF)
2. **JC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0098JCS.HTML)
3. **JU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0098JUS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0098.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **63–1** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **35–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burt, William F. — primary (person)
- Dow, Rebecca — primary (person)
- Papen, Mary Kay — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** germane
- **2018-01-22** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-10** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-12** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-02-15** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2018-02-12** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2018-02-14** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** passed House `passage`
- **2018-03-03** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8f42ecb-a294-46ff-9dbf-db0770002727`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).