---
type: "Bill"
title: "EXTEND CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL LICENSE DURATIONS"
description: "EXTEND CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL LICENSE DURATIONS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 109"
citation: "New Mexico SB 109 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS & INDUSTRY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sapien, John M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-18"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/942d566a-37ed-430a-af6a-6f32df7c2147"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=109&year=19"
source_hash: "fdc0eb1736bfe81cdc7dd335194cfc6670b196c50294e0cfed7175f12a485a41"
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 SB 109 (2019) — EXTEND CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL LICENSE DURATIONS

## 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/SB0109.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0109.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **37–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sapien, John M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-18** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-16** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Sent to House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee & House Commerce & Economic Development Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-11** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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/942d566a-37ed-430a-af6a-6f32df7c2147`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).