---
type: "Bill"
title: "DEFINITION OF RURAL LIBRARY"
description: "DEFINITION OF RURAL LIBRARY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 273"
citation: "New Mexico SB 273 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CULTURAL AFFAIRS (arts", "museums", "libraries)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz y Pino, Gerald"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31f67514-1099-4d2b-a3f2-6eb51f9df1df"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=273&year=21"
source_hash: "e6775e2761252795e9adbec53119fb1f0668c4ef73b3efcc4e4fa09bcf227c3d"
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 273 (2021) — DEFINITION OF RURAL LIBRARY

## 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/SB0273.PDF)
2. **IC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0273ICS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0273.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Ortiz y Pino, Gerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** Sent to Senate Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Committee & Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-02-26** Sent to House Local Government, Land Grants & Cultural Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-13** passed House `passage`
- **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/31f67514-1099-4d2b-a3f2-6eb51f9df1df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).