---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS & EXPENDITURES"
description: "APPROPRIATIONS & EXPENDITURES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 536"
citation: "New Mexico SB 536 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FINANCE", "PUBLIC", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)", "EDUCATION", "POST SECONDARY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith, John Arthur"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 7
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b412f835-3656-4063-90f8-f2173348a229"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=536&year=19"
source_hash: "8622caeadc91e1f7d95a32f3c9c9341c2caca005743f63f5de697b2b2382cfb9"
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 536 (2019) — APPROPRIATIONS & EXPENDITURES

## Version chain

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

1. **FC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0536FCS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/SB0536.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0536.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Smith, John Arthur — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Sent to Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-13** Sent to House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-13** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-12** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b412f835-3656-4063-90f8-f2173348a229`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).