---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONVICTION INFO ON JOB APPLICATIONS"
description: "CONVICTION INFO ON JOB APPLICATIONS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 96"
citation: "New Mexico SB 96 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES & PENALTIES", "EMPLOYER & EMPLOYEE (including workers' comp)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baldonado, Alonzo", "O'Neill, Bill B."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-18"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55bcca84-3281-4875-bec6-8d0e8c67aad1"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=96&year=19"
source_hash: "88be7e023c36a2a10af5bce014b390c263df0fcf7261104f5d6c7d04de7e4b07"
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 96 (2019) — CONVICTION INFO ON JOB APPLICATIONS

## 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/SB0096.pdf)
2. **FS substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0096FSS.HTML)
3. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/SB0096.PDF)
4. **JU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0096JUS.HTML)
5. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0096.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **28–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baldonado, Alonzo — primary (person)
- O'Neill, Bill B. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-18** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-25** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-16** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** floor substitute adopted
- **2019-02-22** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2019-02-22** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-24** Sent to House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-10** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-11** passed House `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55bcca84-3281-4875-bec6-8d0e8c67aad1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).