---
type: "Bill"
title: "LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY CAMERAS"
description: "LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY CAMERAS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2020S"
identifier: "SB 8"
citation: "New Mexico SB 8 (2020S)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT (sheriffs", "police)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cervantes, Joseph"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-06-18"
last_action: "2020-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dfedc94-7020-4d88-8f62-879e262320b0"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=8&year=20S"
source_hash: "90d4453c09a6e49e72190915ed8902adf6dbb7d4ef9aa7cfa1b054ab36ff50ce"
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 8 (2020S) — LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY CAMERAS

## 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%20Special/Amendments_In_Context/SB0008.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Special/final/SB0008.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Special/bills/senate/SB0008.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Cervantes, Joseph — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-18** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-19** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-19** floor substitute adopted (2 amendment)
- **2020-06-19** passed Senate `passage`
- **2020-06-19** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-22** passed House `passage`
- **2020-06-20** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-07-08** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1dfedc94-7020-4d88-8f62-879e262320b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).