---
type: "Bill"
title: "STAGGER CERTAIN JUDICIAL TERMS"
description: "STAGGER CERTAIN JUDICIAL TERMS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 266"
citation: "New Mexico SB 266 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS (judges", "DAs", "public defenders)", "ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duhigg, Katy M.", "Lopez, Linda M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/023e8cc5-a2f0-458b-bf02-4d7d0a342cbc"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=266&year=21"
source_hash: "7f14f609b31b6576dab907979a6875890c232732f878cfdc116f613c42312320"
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 266 (2021) — STAGGER CERTAIN JUDICIAL TERMS

## 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/SB0266.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0266.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Duhigg, Katy M. — primary (person)
- Lopez, Linda M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-02-25** Sent to House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-16** 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/023e8cc5-a2f0-458b-bf02-4d7d0a342cbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).