---
type: "Bill"
title: "EASTERN NM WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY MEMBERSHIP"
description: "EASTERN NM WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY MEMBERSHIP"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 76"
citation: "New Mexico HB 76 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UTILITIES (sewer", "electric", "gas", "water", "telephone)", "WATER & WATER RIGHTS (acequias", "irrigation", "rivers)", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowder, Randal S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-12-23"
last_action: "2020-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a82134d0-d11d-4a36-9d7a-ed40d107d113"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=76&year=20"
source_hash: "ef364af57637ceb1fc9423abecf49a09d4258e998e94b7558aa0c4b096d580bf"
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 HB 76 (2020) — EASTERN NM WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY MEMBERSHIP

## 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/20%20Regular/final/HB0076.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Regular/bills/house/HB0076.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Crowder, Randal S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-06** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-23** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Sent to House Local Government, Land Grants & Cultural Affairs Committee & House Agriculture & Water Resources Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-05** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** passed House `passage`
- **2020-02-12** Sent to Senate Conservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-15** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a82134d0-d11d-4a36-9d7a-ed40d107d113`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).