---
type: "Bill"
title: "REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM RESILIENCY"
description: "REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM RESILIENCY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "New Mexico SB 1 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UTILITIES (sewer", "electric", "gas", "water", "telephone)", "WATER & WATER RIGHTS (acequias", "irrigation", "rivers)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Herrera, Susan K.", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\"", "Wirth, Peter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59fa671a-ed3e-4715-b579-3fc245f52b88"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=1&year=23"
source_hash: "e1f2c20fc536b1d4ddc31c4b19fc479bd81ea1338e7716515bf5867235e24e45"
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 1 (2023) — REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM RESILIENCY

## 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/23%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/SB0001.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/SB0001.PDF)
3. **JU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0001JUS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0001.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Herrera, Susan K. — primary (person)
- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)
- Wirth, Peter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Sent to Senate Conservation Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-06** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-10** Sent to House Agriculture, Acequias & Water Resources Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-06** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2023-03-06** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Senate concurred in House amendments

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59fa671a-ed3e-4715-b579-3fc245f52b88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).