---
type: "Bill"
title: "DISABILITIES STUDENTS LOTTERY SCHOLARSHIPS"
description: "DISABILITIES STUDENTS LOTTERY SCHOLARSHIPS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 179"
citation: "New Mexico SB 179 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABILITIES", "EDUCATION", "POST SECONDARY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-02"
last_action: "2019-02-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88dbf10f-dafd-4219-9928-4463233bd183"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=179&year=19"
source_hash: "d22ff0f08a03060b9ce67b316b7d27c9c0782ef101f1e9bc26545c425727a027"
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 179 (2019) — DISABILITIES STUDENTS LOTTERY SCHOLARSHIPS

## 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/SB0179.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0179.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-02** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Sent to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-21** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-24** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-01-25** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-30** passed House `passage`
- **2019-02-04** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88dbf10f-dafd-4219-9928-4463233bd183`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).