---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC & PRIVATE CAREGIVER LEAVE ACTS"
description: "PUBLIC & PRIVATE CAREGIVER LEAVE ACTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 123"
citation: "New Mexico SB 123 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYER & EMPLOYEE (including workers' comp)", "BUSINESS & INDUSTRY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla, Michael"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-20"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19649c54-a857-47f9-9e1f-2d24344f9c35"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=123&year=19"
source_hash: "df07ca08537a7e693c98547fda01af63394afb614763ee44f9c1e5aab0dc815c"
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 123 (2019) — PUBLIC & PRIVATE CAREGIVER LEAVE ACTS

## 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/SB0123.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/SB0123.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0123.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **26–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Padilla, Michael — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-20** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2019-03-10** passed House `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19649c54-a857-47f9-9e1f-2d24344f9c35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).