---
type: "Bill"
title: "SERVICES FOR YOUTH LEAVING FOSTER CARE"
description: "SERVICES FOR YOUTH LEAVING FOSTER CARE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 23"
citation: "New Mexico SB 23 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS (marriage", "divorce", "custody", "support)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gould, Candace", "Padilla, Michael"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-17"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f9fdc21-a55c-455c-9d36-eb938a8878a0"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=23&year=19"
source_hash: "9ceb12a8f6381320b03d8e5dc39300ca5580d1001c1299a511c00f4003529fef"
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 23 (2019) — SERVICES FOR YOUTH LEAVING FOSTER CARE

## 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/SB0023.PDF)
2. **JU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0023JUS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0023.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gould, Candace — primary (person)
- Padilla, Michael — 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 Judiciary Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2019-02-27** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-13** passed House `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f9fdc21-a55c-455c-9d36-eb938a8878a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).