---
type: "Bill"
title: "NO LEDA FUNDS FOR WATER RIGHTS PURCHASES"
description: "NO LEDA FUNDS FOR WATER RIGHTS PURCHASES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 37"
citation: "New Mexico HB 37 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM", "WATER & WATER RIGHTS (acequias", "irrigation", "rivers)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia, Miguel P."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-17"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1114d83a-7cbc-4a00-b7ce-5b7eeac827a7"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=37&year=19"
source_hash: "9ac40456f328c70c3ef8a7f48e86134b5519aeaa94906879b8e8130a7dc5ee8d"
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 37 (2019) — NO LEDA FUNDS FOR WATER RIGHTS PURCHASES

## 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/HB0037.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0037.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0037.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **63–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garcia, Miguel P. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-17** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Sent to House Agriculture & Water Resources Committee & House Commerce & Economic Development Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2019-02-26** passed House `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Sent to Senate Conservation Committee & Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-11** passed Senate `passage`
- **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/1114d83a-7cbc-4a00-b7ce-5b7eeac827a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).