---
type: "Bill"
title: "TUITION & FEE WAIVERS FOR FOSTER CHILDREN"
description: "TUITION & FEE WAIVERS FOR FOSTER CHILDREN"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 251"
citation: "New Mexico SB 251 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "EDUCATION", "POST SECONDARY", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS (marriage", "divorce", "custody", "support)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Munoz, George K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fe3bd99-d73a-44f9-9c52-b9910fbbfc46"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=251&year=19"
source_hash: "a6eab88ce0f733428f45de1397b2273d89dea657a8155ee5116ea2cbd3b9325e"
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 251 (2019) — TUITION & FEE WAIVERS FOR FOSTER CHILDREN

## 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/SB0251.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0251.HTML)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Munoz, George K. — 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 Education Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-04** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-18** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Sent to House Education Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-16** passed House `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fe3bd99-d73a-44f9-9c52-b9910fbbfc46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).