---
type: "Bill"
title: "OPENING PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON TRIBAL LAND"
description: "OPENING PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON TRIBAL LAND"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 329"
citation: "New Mexico SB 329 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS", "NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez, Linda M.", "Louis, Georgene"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b5da6f0-5771-40a4-b926-1d18d7b0802f"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=329&year=19"
source_hash: "2588ecbb45efb4b225f3848dea963c12dd01a3cb591c9fe2af8e3b20e8ac1664"
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 329 (2019) — OPENING PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON TRIBAL LAND

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **ED substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0329EDS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/SB0329.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0329.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lopez, Linda M. — primary (person)
- Louis, Georgene — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** Sent to Senate Indian and Cultural Affairs Committee & Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Sent to House Education Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** 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/9b5da6f0-5771-40a4-b926-1d18d7b0802f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).