---
type: "Bill"
title: "SAFE SCHOOLS FOR ALL STUDENTS ACT"
description: "SAFE SCHOOLS FOR ALL STUDENTS ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 288"
citation: "New Mexico SB 288 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Soules, William P."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cde139d6-4e5a-4540-beae-4c89799c64a1"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=288&year=19"
source_hash: "cee5143eec0ca3a267e11ad6675c76040bce94fcd21621a3ff4db4cd767183d6"
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 288 (2019) — SAFE SCHOOLS FOR ALL STUDENTS ACT

## 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/SB0288.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0288.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Soules, William P. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** Sent to Senate Education Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-02** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-06** Sent to House Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-14** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-11** 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/cde139d6-4e5a-4540-beae-4c89799c64a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).