---
type: "Bill"
title: "WEST MESA MURDER VICTIMS, IN HONOR"
description: "WEST MESA MURDER VICTIMS, IN HONOR"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SM 53"
citation: "New Mexico SM 53 (2019)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "CONDOLENCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez, Linda M.", "Padilla, Michael"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5b14138-f846-44aa-92c8-76af15f135a1"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=M&legNo=53&year=19"
source_hash: "c289232a026e750aa6e600a9002678ca2bce523b56887e10e900d50b1c976044"
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 53 (2019) — WEST MESA MURDER VICTIMS, IN HONOR

## 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/SM053.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM053.HTML)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Lopez, Linda M. — primary (person)
- Padilla, Michael — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
- **2019-02-26** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2019-02-26** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5b14138-f846-44aa-92c8-76af15f135a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).