---
type: "Bill"
title: "DRINKING WATER SYSTEM FINANCING"
description: "DRINKING WATER SYSTEM FINANCING"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 43"
citation: "New Mexico SB 43 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UTILITIES (sewer", "electric", "gas", "water", "telephone)", "WATER & WATER RIGHTS (acequias", "irrigation", "rivers)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martinez, Richard C."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-17"
last_action: "2019-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5be16762-bb54-4735-9be2-76f08bef8ecd"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=43&year=19"
source_hash: "91539e77d1a2e2bd45f08cee505881755af64f3f692698836877581ab0fd4d80"
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 43 (2019) — DRINKING WATER SYSTEM FINANCING

## 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/SB0043.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0043.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martinez, Richard C. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Sent to Senate Conservation Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-12-17** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Sent to House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-03** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-10** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5be16762-bb54-4735-9be2-76f08bef8ecd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).