---
type: "Bill"
title: "MOTOR VEHICLE CODE OFFENSE PENALTIES"
description: "MOTOR VEHICLE CODE OFFENSE PENALTIES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 427"
citation: "New Mexico HB 427 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES (autos", "trucks", "buses", "cycles)", "CRIMES & PENALTIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alcon, Eliseo Lee", "Hochman-Vigil, Dayan", "Maestas, Antonio"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2828477-4989-432f-b70a-4263947d2334"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=427&year=19"
source_hash: "df1f84458aaa5d408efed12a6beb2a93b3348be27d9e8e62421dfa7251449981"
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 427 (2019) — MOTOR VEHICLE CODE OFFENSE PENALTIES

## 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/HB0427.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0427.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0427.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Alcon, Eliseo Lee — primary (person)
- Hochman-Vigil, Dayan — primary (person)
- Maestas, Antonio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Sent to House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-03** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2019-03-05** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-06** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-09** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-12** 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/d2828477-4989-432f-b70a-4263947d2334`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).