---
type: "Bill"
title: "EQUIPMENT PURCHASES FOR LAND GRANTS"
description: "EQUIPMENT PURCHASES FOR LAND GRANTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 44"
citation: "New Mexico SB 44 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHWAYS", "ROADS & BRIDGES", "PROPERTY (conservancy districts", "land grants", "real estate)", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martinez, Richard C.", "Romero, Andrea", "Salazar, Tomás E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-17"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6377f4b2-e2f5-4449-b569-f22134899de0"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=44&year=19"
source_hash: "43d842ab2fe0f6d70aacd655383e144fc244f2b8d8538ec653298619e58e4a5a"
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 44 (2019) — EQUIPMENT PURCHASES FOR LAND GRANTS

## 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/SB0044.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0044.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martinez, Richard C. — primary (person)
- Romero, Andrea — primary (person)
- Salazar, Tomás E. — 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 Corporations and Transportation Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Sent to House Local Government, Land Grants & Cultural Affairs Committee & House Transportation, Public Works & Capital Improvements Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-13** passed House `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6377f4b2-e2f5-4449-b569-f22134899de0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).