---
type: "Bill"
title: "RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT"
description: "RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 204"
citation: "New Mexico SB 204 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS & INDUSTRY", "UTILITIES (sewer", "electric", "gas", "water", "telephone)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla, Michael"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-31"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9da37574-8ea5-44e7-b232-aa86d32735cf"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=204&year=21"
source_hash: "8a5571ebf4c5108930e52a349d80ae1cc9d6681e2baf52eaf51205415076e1ab"
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 204 (2021) — RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/SB0204.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0204.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Padilla, Michael — 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 Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** special
- **2021-02-10** referred to Senate Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Committee & Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Sent to House Commerce & Economic Development Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-11** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15** DO PASS 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/9da37574-8ea5-44e7-b232-aa86d32735cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).