---
type: "Bill"
title: "ALTERNATE BUSINESS ENTITY NAMES"
description: "ALTERNATE BUSINESS ENTITY NAMES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 202"
citation: "New Mexico SB 202 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS & INDUSTRY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla, Michael"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-31"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f1be943-b50f-4c6e-9b0e-ab6c22b6cc44"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=202&year=21"
source_hash: "3b2b6baf1681356dca06f3d4ee23605fc2d1fe079ceedcc9da5a3153ce2d0b94"
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 202 (2021) — ALTERNATE BUSINESS ENTITY NAMES

## 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/SB0202.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/SB0202.PDF)
3. **JU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0202JUS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0202.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Padilla, Michael — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-31** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Sent to House Commerce & Economic Development Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-20** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2021-03-20** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-15** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f1be943-b50f-4c6e-9b0e-ab6c22b6cc44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).