---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRANSFER OF MUNI COURT JURISDICTION"
description: "TRANSFER OF MUNI COURT JURISDICTION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 173"
citation: "New Mexico SB 173 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS (judges", "DAs", "public defenders)", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martinez, Richard C."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-31"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22326ce2-b2b2-483c-96f8-d77a591a9d8a"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=173&year=19"
source_hash: "f4b6cd6281c5ea91d9137df747bb1a20c87f2686fb11f4b3cbc16be2b7a6b967"
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 173 (2019) — TRANSFER OF MUNI COURT JURISDICTION

## Version chain

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

1. **FC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0173FCS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/SB0173.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0173.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Martinez, Richard C. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-31** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-19** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** passed House `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22326ce2-b2b2-483c-96f8-d77a591a9d8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).