---
type: "Bill"
title: "EXTEND UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICER AUTHORITY"
description: "EXTEND UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICER AUTHORITY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 237"
citation: "New Mexico HB 237 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "POST SECONDARY", "LAW ENFORCEMENT (sheriffs", "police)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akhil, Abbas", "Ivey-Soto, Daniel A.", "Ruiloba, Patricio"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-02-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c693299-eeac-4c9c-a8c2-6e3b4a6caee3"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=237&year=19"
source_hash: "2cc2fbf4d334fa234b03244fb03628cf4065150bead4d4aec70c58f206a6998a"
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 237 (2019) — EXTEND UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICER AUTHORITY

## 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/19%20Regular/final/HB0237.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0237.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Akhil, Abbas — primary (person)
- Ivey-Soto, Daniel A. — primary (person)
- Ruiloba, Patricio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** passed House `passage`
- **2019-01-17** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-24** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-04** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c693299-eeac-4c9c-a8c2-6e3b4a6caee3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).