---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTHY SOIL ACT"
description: "HEALTHY SOIL ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 204"
citation: "New Mexico HB 204 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Small, Nathan P.", "Stansbury, Melanie A.", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b27ab952-bf20-442e-9f8a-a94b8a8960e9"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=204&year=19"
source_hash: "879dd943f9e2e7a3d0c1bb9c8cf0008b883950d6dfa1ef6533d7c87e9e8d96c5"
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 204 (2019) — HEALTHY SOIL ACT

## 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/HB0204.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0204.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0204.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Small, Nathan P. — primary (person)
- Stansbury, Melanie A. — primary (person)
- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Sent to House Commerce & Economic Development Committee & House Agriculture & Water Resources Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Sent to Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-09** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b27ab952-bf20-442e-9f8a-a94b8a8960e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).