---
type: "Bill"
title: "PRC ELECTION & APPOINTMENT, CA"
description: "PRC ELECTION & APPOINTMENT, CA"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SJR 1"
citation: "New Mexico SJR 1 (2019)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "UTILITIES (sewer", "electric", "gas", "water", "telephone)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Payne, William H.", "Wirth, Peter"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fda72a46-614b-4c4b-b922-baa0fcd0daf4"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=JR&legNo=1&year=19"
source_hash: "2f6832e061eba60d9de1f5d3c7b257a7ea18e728e511bf4998d5191c5e37076b"
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 SJR 1 (2019) — PRC ELECTION & APPOINTMENT, CA

## 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/SJR01.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/SJR01.PDF)
3. **JU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/resolutions/senate/SJR01JUS.HTML)
4. **RU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/resolutions/senate/SJR01RUS.HTML)
5. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/resolutions/senate/SJR01.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Payne, William H. — primary (person)
- Wirth, Peter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-18** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-02** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2019-03-02** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-04** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fda72a46-614b-4c4b-b922-baa0fcd0daf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).