---
type: "Bill"
title: "PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY"
description: "PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 28"
citation: "New Mexico SB 28 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS (marriage", "divorce", "custody", "support)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla, Michael"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-17"
last_action: "2019-02-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4f43f7e-b301-4e05-8452-1468b3320c8a"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=28&year=19"
source_hash: "cc5b065e0a980712bd2f77c7daa1399c0fadf193555b2af5cb5d7b34f90fa62b"
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 28 (2019) — PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY

## 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/SB0028.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0028.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- 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 Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-24** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-01-25** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-30** passed House `passage`
- **2019-02-04** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4f43f7e-b301-4e05-8452-1468b3320c8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).