---
type: "Bill"
title: "FLUID OIL & GAS WASTE ACT"
description: "FLUID OIL & GAS WASTE ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 546"
citation: "New Mexico HB 546 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES", "ENVIRONMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Egolf, Brian", "Montoya, Rod", "Small, Nathan P."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3bc5efc-99de-4e3c-a2b9-f5f261ab6fdb"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=546&year=19"
source_hash: "a71af54996edecb209051bb4e8ba9f074f2824ed9ca07c2af38dddbfafe8c35c"
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 546 (2019) — FLUID OIL & GAS WASTE 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/HB0546.pdf)
2. **EN substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0546ENS.HTML)
3. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0546.PDF)
4. **JC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0546JCS.HTML)
5. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0546.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Egolf, Brian — primary (person)
- Montoya, Rod — primary (person)
- Small, Nathan P. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** Sent to House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-08** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-08** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-10** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-14** House failed to concur in Senate amendments
- **2019-03-14** this procedure could follow if the House refuses to recede from its amendments
- **2019-03-14** Sent to `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** House report adopted
- **2019-03-15** Senate report adopted
- **2019-03-13** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-13** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3bc5efc-99de-4e3c-a2b9-f5f261ab6fdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).