---
type: "Bill"
title: "FINGERPRINTS TO RENEW A BUSINESS NOT REQUIRED"
description: "FINGERPRINTS TO RENEW A BUSINESS NOT REQUIRED"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 98"
citation: "New Mexico HB 98 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LICENSURE", "BUSINESS & INDUSTRY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rehm, William \"Bill\" R."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-19"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef334e11-abed-4169-bda7-965d437e0491"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=98&year=19"
source_hash: "b2195c2b426b67359dd78fefad6fcae857293ede54e9673e7513ddfe431dc735"
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 98 (2019) — FINGERPRINTS TO RENEW A BUSINESS NOT REQUIRED

## 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/HB0098.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0098.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0098.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **57–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rehm, William "Bill" R. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-19** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Sent to House Agriculture & Water Resources Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-18** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** passed House `passage`
- **2019-02-20** Sent to Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-12** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-13** House concurred in Senate amendments

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef334e11-abed-4169-bda7-965d437e0491`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).