---
type: "Bill"
title: "AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES IN NM"
description: "AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES IN NM"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SJM 3"
citation: "New Mexico SJM 3 (2018)"
classification: ["joint memorial"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES (autos", "trucks", "buses", "cycles)", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rehm, William \"Bill\" R.", "White, James P."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-15"
last_action: "2018-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37b8bc2e-7ada-4d57-8548-c2ec0ae5e7c6"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=JM&legNo=3&year=18"
source_hash: "1201f86d5a4161dacde218eddcc0dca271d3a65145974498369c1956f9b3b651"
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 SJM 3 (2018) — AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES IN NM

## 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/SJM003.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/memorials/senate/SJM003.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rehm, William "Bill" R. — primary (person)
- White, James P. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-15** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-01-16** Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-30** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-05** Sent to House Transportation, Public Works and Capital Improvements Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-13** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-10** passed House `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37b8bc2e-7ada-4d57-8548-c2ec0ae5e7c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).