---
type: "Bill"
title: "AGREEMENT TO ELECT PRESIDENT BY POPULAR VOTE"
description: "AGREEMENT TO ELECT PRESIDENT BY POPULAR VOTE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 55"
citation: "New Mexico HB 55 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chasey, Gail", "Cisneros, Carlos R.", "Ely, Daymon", "Roybal Caballero, Patricia", "Stewart, Mimi"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-17"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d69fa4c4-08f0-4d62-b510-841a6fc52d72"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=55&year=19"
source_hash: "06c54b90597c83e469a4d6c35b312292bb5a13f7fd116b84712856aaf40be359"
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 55 (2019) — AGREEMENT TO ELECT PRESIDENT BY POPULAR VOTE

## 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/HB0055.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0055.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **41–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chasey, Gail — primary (person)
- Cisneros, Carlos R. — primary (person)
- Ely, Daymon — primary (person)
- Roybal Caballero, Patricia — primary (person)
- Stewart, Mimi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-17** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-16** Sent to House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-01** passed House `passage`
- **2019-02-04** Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-10** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-12** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d69fa4c4-08f0-4d62-b510-841a6fc52d72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).