---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPOINTED APPELLATE JUDGE REQUIREMENTS, CA"
description: "APPOINTED APPELLATE JUDGE REQUIREMENTS, CA"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SJR 3"
citation: "New Mexico SJR 3 (2022)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO", "COURTS (judges", "DAs", "public defenders)", "ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cervantes, Joseph"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-18"
last_action: "2022-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16876adc-2368-454e-999e-e6b41cd619b3"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=JR&legNo=3&year=22"
source_hash: "c60a1fce906d6ad2d2e7d9c82a96b679f65ec03264adf2b919fb808e39e8f34d"
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 SJR 3 (2022) — APPOINTED APPELLATE JUDGE REQUIREMENTS, CA

## 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/SJR03.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/final/SJR03.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/resolutions/senate/SJR03.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Cervantes, Joseph — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18** Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-05** passed Senate `passage`
- **2022-02-05** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2022-02-03** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** passed House `passage`
- **2022-02-08** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16876adc-2368-454e-999e-e6b41cd619b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).