---
type: "Bill"
title: "GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN"
description: "GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SM 83"
citation: "New Mexico SM 83 (2018)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez, Linda M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-02"
last_action: "2018-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5362ad33-869b-474f-ba0f-10de9d4d0a63"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=M&legNo=83&year=18"
source_hash: "ff197bc03eab09f331049a74ded9d0368760a155201fd6d5e6f7c9ff4c6c8108"
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 SM 83 (2018) — GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN

## 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/SM083.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM083.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lopez, Linda M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-02** not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
- **2018-02-10** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2018-02-10** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-02-13** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5362ad33-869b-474f-ba0f-10de9d4d0a63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).