---
type: "Bill"
title: "OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP ACT"
description: "OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 140"
citation: "New Mexico SB 140 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "POST SECONDARY", "FINANCE", "PUBLIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garratt, Joy", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06f9d362-78fe-4ac3-bf99-ce8e3126bb81"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=140&year=22"
source_hash: "6b000613e7b65a5d237b30e191023c660757937d73b24bee055a08091c1af5a4"
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 140 (2022) — OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP 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/22%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/SB0140.pdf)
2. **FC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0140FCS.HTML)
3. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/final/SB0140.PDF)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0140.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Garratt, Joy — primary (person)
- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Education Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** passed House `passage`
- **2022-01-25** germane
- **2022-02-16** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-31** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-13** floor substitute adopted (2 amendment)
- **2022-02-13** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-13** passed Senate `passage`
- **2022-02-14** Sent to House Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06f9d362-78fe-4ac3-bf99-ce8e3126bb81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).