---
type: "Bill"
title: "GAMING MACHINE HOURS OF OPERATION"
description: "GAMING MACHINE HOURS OF OPERATION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 331"
citation: "New Mexico HB 331 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GAMING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruiloba, Patricio"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7629c8f6-40fc-49c4-8da0-2a3485b71a9e"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=331&year=19"
source_hash: "53b0e68211b4a9296f2bf877ddd8abfeb61df9dbb1b83a0a86983ff7b6825f10"
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 331 (2019) — GAMING MACHINE HOURS OF OPERATION

## 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/HB0331.PDF)
2. **SG substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0331SGS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0331.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Ruiloba, Patricio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Sent to House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2019-02-27** referred to House Commerce & Economic Development Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-09** Sent to Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-16** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7629c8f6-40fc-49c4-8da0-2a3485b71a9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).