---
type: "Bill"
title: "WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS STAFF BACKGROUND CHECKS"
description: "WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS STAFF BACKGROUND CHECKS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 103"
citation: "New Mexico SB 103 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES & PENALTIES", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla, Michael"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c04259b2-2b46-4f52-8fb3-f7448e585eee"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=103&year=22"
source_hash: "506afd8a64d78c1799cbaebda6583e83e2ee20de8ec239925bc637657bf86b6b"
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 103 (2022) — WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS STAFF BACKGROUND CHECKS

## 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/22%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/SB0103.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/final/SB0103.PDF)
3. **JU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0103JUS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0103.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Padilla, Michael — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-03** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-25** germane
- **2022-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** passed Senate `passage`
- **2022-02-10** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** passed House `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c04259b2-2b46-4f52-8fb3-f7448e585eee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).