---
type: "Bill"
title: "MILITARY JUSTICE CODE SEX CRIMES DEFINITIONS"
description: "MILITARY JUSTICE CODE SEX CRIMES DEFINITIONS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 31"
citation: "New Mexico HB 31 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES & PENALTIES", "MILITARY AFFAIRS (national guard", "vets)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sariñana, Debra M."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d873be9-3496-4cef-9be2-8c73097a4680"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=31&year=21"
source_hash: "eb1db4d332d8c42695fa668e5cf4e430e2432e08d92d3cb37779092067ee8932"
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 31 (2021) — MILITARY JUSTICE CODE SEX CRIMES DEFINITIONS

## 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/21%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0031.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/HB0031.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0031.html)

## Sponsors

- Sariñana, Debra M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-19** Sent to House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** passed House `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d873be9-3496-4cef-9be2-8c73097a4680`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).