---
type: "Bill"
title: "USE OF FLASHING LIGHTS BY RECOVERY VEHICLES"
description: "USE OF FLASHING LIGHTS BY RECOVERY VEHICLES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 631"
citation: "New Mexico HB 631 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHWAYS", "ROADS & BRIDGES", "MOTOR VEHICLES (autos", "trucks", "buses", "cycles)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia, Harry", "Ruiloba, Patricio"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93349740-ea8d-4836-ac91-179cafc99b48"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=631&year=19"
source_hash: "49c56d9110a1080613124778b25cd3d80f7719b74132d5348a495dbb8e04345f"
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 631 (2019) — USE OF FLASHING LIGHTS BY RECOVERY VEHICLES

## 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/HB0631.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0631.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Garcia, Harry — primary (person)
- Ruiloba, Patricio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Sent to House Transportation, Public Works & Capital Improvements Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-03** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Sent to Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Signed `executive-signature`
- **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/93349740-ea8d-4836-ac91-179cafc99b48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).