---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE"
description: "PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 694"
citation: "New Mexico HB 694 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHWAYS", "ROADS & BRIDGES", "FINANCE", "PUBLIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruiloba, Patricio"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/966ee43e-5037-4593-b01a-90328fb46849"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=694&year=19"
source_hash: "19086603635b0867581ad1eff93eb4ff830eb736e8b9bcdb8aa0c898dc803f2a"
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 694 (2019) — PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE

## 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/HB0694.PDF)
2. **TP substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0694TPS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0694.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Ruiloba, Patricio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2019-02-27** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2019-02-27** referred to House Transportation, Public Works & Capital Improvements Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-04** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Sent to Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-10** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/966ee43e-5037-4593-b01a-90328fb46849`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).