---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROSTITUTION AS DELINQUENT ACT"
description: "PROSTITUTION AS DELINQUENT ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 56"
citation: "New Mexico HB 56 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES & PENALTIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chasey, Gail", "Trujillo, Christine"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-17"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d13bfde3-a3eb-4796-beaf-83548540a2f6"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=56&year=19"
source_hash: "77ef88b5be09afa074aa61b16ab1ec2670b134e6c6e4bbaa7d196d90e5082b5a"
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 56 (2019) — PROSTITUTION AS DELINQUENT 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/HB0056.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0056.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0056.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chasey, Gail — primary (person)
- Trujillo, Christine — 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** WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION committee report adopted `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-16** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** passed House `passage`
- **2019-02-07** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-02** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-09** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-29** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d13bfde3-a3eb-4796-beaf-83548540a2f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).