---
type: "Bill"
title: "PET FOOD FEE FOR NEUTERING & SHELTERING"
description: "PET FOOD FEE FOR NEUTERING & SHELTERING"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 57"
citation: "New Mexico SB 57 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS (fish", "livestock", "pets", "wildlife)", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE (programs)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Candelaria, Jacob R.", "Ferrary, Joanne J."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-12-30"
last_action: "2020-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/242915d7-913a-4aaf-becd-a7b2a3f50fd2"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=57&year=20"
source_hash: "ff2d3a0e1ad60332099903895d49ea3c341417611f6cd4c87ad259f29da88d7f"
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 57 (2020) — PET FOOD FEE FOR NEUTERING & SHELTERING

## 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/20%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/SB0057.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Regular/final/SB0057.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0057.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Candelaria, Jacob R. — primary (person)
- Ferrary, Joanne J. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-06** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-30** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-22** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** germane
- **2020-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-15** passed Senate `passage`
- **2020-02-15** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** passed House `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/242915d7-913a-4aaf-becd-a7b2a3f50fd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).