---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGEMENT ACT"
description: "CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGEMENT ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 370"
citation: "New Mexico HB 370 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES & PENALTIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maestas, Antonio", "O'Neill, Bill B.", "Romero, Andrea"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2be67e52-2de9-4adc-a560-21a134c88508"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=370&year=19"
source_hash: "50984aa9694116237691f5208be4a7a339bad0cd5764c722f19cee72b3e1b136"
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 370 (2019) — CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGEMENT 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/HB0370.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0370.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0370.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **52–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maestas, Antonio — primary (person)
- O'Neill, Bill B. — primary (person)
- Romero, Andrea — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-24** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** floor substitute adopted (2 amendment)
- **2019-02-26** passed House `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2019-03-13** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2019-03-13** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2be67e52-2de9-4adc-a560-21a134c88508`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).