---
type: "Bill"
title: "ADMIN OFFICE OF THE COURTS DIRECTOR FUNDS"
description: "ADMIN OFFICE OF THE COURTS DIRECTOR FUNDS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 198"
citation: "New Mexico SB 198 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS (judges", "DAs", "public defenders)", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martinez, Richard C."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-07"
last_action: "2019-02-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e329d3d1-9431-4f12-8cd0-e27013a38dcf"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=198&year=19"
source_hash: "2ebef33508fb72c1ae0f5be8de2633ff062f0050f144e0522b455dac2d06e226"
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 198 (2019) — ADMIN OFFICE OF THE COURTS DIRECTOR FUNDS

## 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/SB0198.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0198.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martinez, Richard C. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-07** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-24** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-01-25** Sent to House Judiciary 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/e329d3d1-9431-4f12-8cd0-e27013a38dcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).