---
type: "Bill"
title: "EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION & CARE DEPT."
description: "EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION & CARE DEPT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "New Mexico SB 22 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)", "CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "EDUCATION", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla, Michael", "Trujillo, Linda M."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-17"
last_action: "2019-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edbed149-1388-404f-a7fc-c7dc61f063c8"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=22&year=19"
source_hash: "a67f753e72411dcb9b1e12fdc97c443232d6f109739b65c2e280664d90c03334"
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 22 (2019) — EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION & CARE DEPT.

## 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/SB0022.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/SB0022.PDF)
3. **RU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0022RUS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0022.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Padilla, Michael — primary (person)
- Trujillo, Linda M. — 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 Rules Committee & Senate Education Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-02** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-04** Sent to House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-09** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-15** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edbed149-1388-404f-a7fc-c7dc61f063c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).