---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE"
description: "PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 668"
citation: "New Mexico SB 668 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)", "OFFICERS & EMPLOYEES", "PUBLIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart, Mimi"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/238bdefb-4208-4b5f-8998-905344d44ae6"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=668&year=19"
source_hash: "52af68e0927c07ec8444b615f2235538adbeda5a0ffa8f5830e3ba8a0bb5c3bf"
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 668 (2019) — PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendments in Context** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/SB0668.pdf)
2. **ED substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0668EDS.HTML)
3. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/SB0668.PDF)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0668.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Stewart, Mimi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** not printed Senate Education Committee
- **2019-03-15** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** floor substitute adopted (2 amendment)
- **2019-03-15** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-16** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2019-03-11** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11** referred to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** special
- **2019-03-13** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-13** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/238bdefb-4208-4b5f-8998-905344d44ae6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).