---
type: "Bill"
title: "WATER RIGHTS NOTIFICATIONS ONLINE"
description: "WATER RIGHTS NOTIFICATIONS ONLINE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 12"
citation: "New Mexico SB 12 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WATER & WATER RIGHTS (acequias", "irrigation", "rivers)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cisneros, Carlos R.", "Salazar, Tomás E."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-17"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5ecf699-6e69-4353-bbb1-557b11e48386"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=12&year=19"
source_hash: "4155c540ab2481045b3c268309ecb10226526cee7ed3138386ef26f518cc1ed0"
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 12 (2019) — WATER RIGHTS NOTIFICATIONS ONLINE

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CO substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0012COS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/SB0012.PDF)
3. **JU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0012JUS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0012.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Cisneros, Carlos R. — primary (person)
- Salazar, Tomás E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-17** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Sent to Senate Conservation Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-02** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-04** Sent to House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-16** passed House `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/d5ecf699-6e69-4353-bbb1-557b11e48386`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).