---
type: "Bill"
title: "LICENSURE ELIGIBILITY WITHOUT LAWFUL PRESENCE"
description: "LICENSURE ELIGIBILITY WITHOUT LAWFUL PRESENCE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 137"
citation: "New Mexico SB 137 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LICENSURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ivey-Soto, Daniel A.", "Martínez, Javier", "Ortiz y Pino, Gerald", "Romero, Andrea"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1de09def-84f1-4417-9abc-38cca67a35c6"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=137&year=20"
source_hash: "f2daf0388937ca3dd699c1e1ea8daba8c8d86265bf88ae74e48fbce2aa033def"
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 137 (2020) — LICENSURE ELIGIBILITY WITHOUT LAWFUL PRESENCE

## 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/SB0137.PDF)
2. **JU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0137JUS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0137.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Ivey-Soto, Daniel A. — primary (person)
- Martínez, Javier — primary (person)
- Ortiz y Pino, Gerald — primary (person)
- Romero, Andrea — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-06** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-01-17** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** germane
- **2020-01-31** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-08** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10** passed Senate `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Sent to House Commerce & Economic Development Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** passed House `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1de09def-84f1-4417-9abc-38cca67a35c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).