---
type: "Bill"
title: "DRIVER'S LICENSE CHANGES"
description: "DRIVER'S LICENSE CHANGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 278"
citation: "New Mexico SB 278 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES (autos", "trucks", "buses", "cycles)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ivey-Soto, Daniel A.", "Ortiz y Pino, Gerald"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5e7b472-7a4d-4963-b34a-7337780389d9"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=278&year=19"
source_hash: "a05c9cf9a528da36af2532b5d44fcbfaf39b1ada549366a3992c28437fe003b9"
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 278 (2019) — DRIVER'S LICENSE CHANGES

## 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/SB0278.PDF)
2. **PA substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0278PAS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0278.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **31–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ivey-Soto, Daniel A. — primary (person)
- Ortiz y Pino, Gerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-19** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-11** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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/f5e7b472-7a4d-4963-b34a-7337780389d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).