---
type: "Bill"
title: "BROADBAND ACCESS & EXPANSION ACT"
description: "BROADBAND ACCESS & EXPANSION ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 93"
citation: "New Mexico SB 93 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)", "UTILITIES (sewer", "electric", "gas", "water", "telephone)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla, Michael", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f84427f-87cd-4d4f-89a9-a6ce93cdc347"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=93&year=21"
source_hash: "ae30985ce225382c0a6714974a7af21342a81d6ccc94b3e5353cdcc45067993a"
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 93 (2021) — BROADBAND ACCESS & EXPANSION 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/SB0093.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/SB0093.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0093.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Padilla, Michael — primary (person)
- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Sent to House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2021-03-19** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2021-03-18** 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/5f84427f-87cd-4d4f-89a9-a6ce93cdc347`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).