---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIGH SCHOOL G.E.D. EXTERNAL DIPLOMA"
description: "HIGH SCHOOL G.E.D. EXTERNAL DIPLOMA"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 391"
citation: "New Mexico SB 391 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandt, Craig W."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecb13019-4480-46c5-a03d-10c1adbe9d14"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=391&year=19"
source_hash: "2ea061067b5004e08a2e0e3bd8286c44dae0f20fb8bc2b65847a19286f5d865c"
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 391 (2019) — HIGH SCHOOL G.E.D. EXTERNAL DIPLOMA

## 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/SB0391EDS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/SB0391.PDF)
3. **PA substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0391PAS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0391.HTML)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Brandt, Craig W. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Sent to Senate Education Committee & Senate Finance 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`
- **2019-02-20** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Sent to House Education Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-10** passed House `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ecb13019-4480-46c5-a03d-10c1adbe9d14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).