---
type: "Bill"
title: "WILDLIFE CONSERVATION & PUBLIC SAFETY ACT"
description: "WILDLIFE CONSERVATION & PUBLIC SAFETY ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 32"
citation: "New Mexico SB 32 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS (fish", "livestock", "pets", "wildlife)", "CRIMES & PENALTIES", "ENVIRONMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chandler, Christine", "McKenna, Brenda G.", "McQueen, Matthew", "Roberto J. Gonzales"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fc9465b-c954-476e-bfdd-32bb126de3e3"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=32&year=21"
source_hash: "baedfa12fb85a49417646ba3eb9decef515372e2e79df74b68deef1e3323c189"
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 32 (2021) — WILDLIFE CONSERVATION & PUBLIC SAFETY ACT

## 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/SB0032.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/SB0032.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0032.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Chandler, Christine — primary (person)
- McKenna, Brenda G. — primary (person)
- McQueen, Matthew — primary (person)
- Roberto J. Gonzales — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** Sent to Senate Conservation Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2021-03-09** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Sent to House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-14** 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/9fc9465b-c954-476e-bfdd-32bb126de3e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).