---
type: "Bill"
title: "STUDY LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY CAMERA ISSUES"
description: "STUDY LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY CAMERA ISSUES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SM 98"
citation: "New Mexico SM 98 (2018)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT (sheriffs", "police)", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rue, Sander"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/784dc87c-7e4f-4517-a178-e93516ae834c"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=M&legNo=98&year=18"
source_hash: "649020d5638a8acf3c7dac89272e7ea9a2321d301ea53ca404091fe4652b7a42"
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 98 (2018) — STUDY LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY CAMERA ISSUES

## 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/SM098.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM098.HTML)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Rue, Sander — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-07** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-12** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2018-02-13** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/784dc87c-7e4f-4517-a178-e93516ae834c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).