---
type: "Bill"
title: "FOREST & WATERSHED RESTORATION ACT"
description: "FOREST & WATERSHED RESTORATION ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 266"
citation: "New Mexico HB 266 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES", "WATER & WATER RIGHTS (acequias", "irrigation", "rivers)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bandy, Paul C.", "Wirth, Peter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da302b69-6466-4fdc-97c5-dd35c09e151b"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=266&year=19"
source_hash: "0c03b77994c6659227102b1869d03108a1bca6b592b72f5fc85cbefe045f7bc8"
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 266 (2019) — FOREST & WATERSHED RESTORATION 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/HB0266.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0266.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0266.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **62–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bandy, Paul C. — primary (person)
- Wirth, Peter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Sent to House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** referred to House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2019-02-22** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-24** passed House `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Sent to Senate Conservation Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-09** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da302b69-6466-4fdc-97c5-dd35c09e151b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).