---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"WATER IS LIFE DAY\""
description: "\"WATER IS LIFE DAY\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SM 85"
citation: "New Mexico SM 85 (2018)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["WATER & WATER RIGHTS (acequias", "irrigation", "rivers)", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pinto, John"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-02"
last_action: "2018-02-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3256fd5c-b046-46eb-b88e-f6b5d9500b7c"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=M&legNo=85&year=18"
source_hash: "399fac173da6304df19899f2905fe4cb707b016eee8ff91432d96a1fd49921a4"
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 85 (2018) — "WATER IS LIFE DAY"

## 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/SM085.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM085.HTML)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Pinto, John — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-02** not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
- **2018-02-02** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2018-02-02** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-02-05** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3256fd5c-b046-46eb-b88e-f6b5d9500b7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).