---
type: "Bill"
title: "RURAL EQUITY OMBUDSMAN"
description: "RURAL EQUITY OMBUDSMAN"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 193"
citation: "New Mexico SB 193 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diamond, Crystal R.", "Hemphill, Siah Correa"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-31"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c963d92c-8b6c-47e0-834a-7b80927a18ee"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=193&year=21"
source_hash: "5402a4d3e83a24a58fee2eb97a2174d04df6a3e6c788416563e089c2b4ccf0e9"
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 193 (2021) — RURAL EQUITY OMBUDSMAN

## 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/SB0193.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/SB0193.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0193.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Diamond, Crystal R. — primary (person)
- Hemphill, Siah Correa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-31** Sent to Senate Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Sent to House Local Government, Land Grants & Cultural Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-17** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-11** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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/c963d92c-8b6c-47e0-834a-7b80927a18ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).