---
type: "Bill"
title: "USE OF TELECOMM FUND FOR BROADBAND"
description: "USE OF TELECOMM FUND FOR BROADBAND"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 155"
citation: "New Mexico SB 155 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FINANCE", "PUBLIC", "UTILITIES (sewer", "electric", "gas", "water", "telephone)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla, Michael", "Sanchez, Joseph", "Sariñana, Debra M."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/123d90e8-1012-44e3-960e-a8576edd1816"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=155&year=23"
source_hash: "4f6ae09194e493aa2d41d8e67fa8d3cbb16ad33168b649c49336f39877904f9e"
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 155 (2023) — USE OF TELECOMM FUND FOR BROADBAND

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CT substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0155CTS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/SB0155.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0155.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Padilla, Michael — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Joseph — primary (person)
- Sariñana, Debra M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Sent to Senate Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Committee & Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2023-03-08** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-10** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Sent to House Commerce & Economic Development Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/123d90e8-1012-44e3-960e-a8576edd1816`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).