---
type: "Bill"
title: "DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY INFO SHARING"
description: "DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY INFO SHARING"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 16"
citation: "New Mexico HB 16 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC SAFETY (emergency services", "etc.)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT (sheriffs", "police)", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sanchez, Joseph L."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/497cf4be-1d91-4054-868c-d177307acd1d"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=16&year=19"
source_hash: "34412d4cea2175f5a1f0ea7c2f19f02e1d5e13f2267e6e3a5ddfde4617f9bed2"
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 HB 16 (2019) — DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY INFO SHARING

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendments in Context** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0016.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0016.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0016.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sanchez, Joseph L. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-28** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** passed House `passage`
- **2019-02-04** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-02** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-09** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-09** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-01-16** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-13** House concurred in Senate amendments

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/497cf4be-1d91-4054-868c-d177307acd1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).