---
type: "Bill"
title: "COMMUNITY SOLAR ACT"
description: "COMMUNITY SOLAR ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 84"
citation: "New Mexico SB 84 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES", "UTILITIES (sewer", "electric", "gas", "water", "telephone)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez, Linda M.", "Roybal Caballero, Patricia", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21c63cbc-9173-47ad-a2dd-b78079f49f0b"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=84&year=21"
source_hash: "1597235b2900c4f3f7085fe13a66b43987975aca067e01ec59ae7b8f8f8cf332"
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 84 (2021) — COMMUNITY SOLAR 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/SB0084.pdf)
2. **CT substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0084CTS.HTML)
3. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/SB0084.PDF)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0084.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Lopez, Linda M. — primary (person)
- Roybal Caballero, Patricia — primary (person)
- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-19** Sent to Senate Conservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2021-03-04** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Sent to House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-18** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2021-03-14** DO PASS, as amended, 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/21c63cbc-9173-47ad-a2dd-b78079f49f0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).