---
type: "Bill"
title: "POLLINATOR PROTECTION LICENSE PLATE"
description: "POLLINATOR PROTECTION LICENSE PLATE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 234"
citation: "New Mexico SB 234 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES (autos", "trucks", "buses", "cycles)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rue, Sander"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/882bb022-bfb8-4a88-aae2-eb5dde96e572"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=234&year=19"
source_hash: "61b250be87e10824e87ba2610c29b8ef801d3723e33a5d26429d411647a4bf25"
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 234 (2019) — POLLINATOR PROTECTION LICENSE PLATE

## 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/SB0234.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0234.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Rue, Sander — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Sent to Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Sent to House Taxation & Revenue Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-16** passed House `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/882bb022-bfb8-4a88-aae2-eb5dde96e572`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).