---
type: "Bill"
title: "IMPORTANCE OF MEDIATION FOR ELDER POPULATION"
description: "IMPORTANCE OF MEDIATION FOR ELDER POPULATION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SM 3"
citation: "New Mexico SM 3 (2019)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tallman, Bill"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 7
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-18"
last_action: "2019-02-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3105b3a-574c-4316-99eb-6c756193ccdd"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=M&legNo=3&year=19"
source_hash: "5579fdaae6c77300f2e006caec38a66ad97813ee4fe50266b9c113527a2dd24e"
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 SM 3 (2019) — IMPORTANCE OF MEDIATION FOR ELDER POPULATION

## 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/SM003.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM003.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tallman, Bill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-18** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-08** withdrawn and tabled `withdrawal`
- **2019-02-22** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2019-02-22** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3105b3a-574c-4316-99eb-6c756193ccdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).