---
type: "Bill"
title: "ESTABLISH CRIME OF BESTIALITY"
description: "ESTABLISH CRIME OF BESTIALITY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 215"
citation: "New Mexico SB 215 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS (fish", "livestock", "pets", "wildlife)", "CRIMES & PENALTIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ivey-Soto, Daniel A.", "McKenna, Brenda G.", "Moores, Mark", "Reeb, Andrea", "Romero, Andrea"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c19b719d-aa53-4440-b4f7-f0b903fb8804"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=215&year=23"
source_hash: "bc8e64ef26058feb26420f24766ca9e3dfb6062282e9f368a24c5843580ddc75"
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 215 (2023) — ESTABLISH CRIME OF BESTIALITY

## 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/SB0215.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/SB0215.PDF)
3. **JU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0215JUS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0215.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Ivey-Soto, Daniel A. — primary (person)
- McKenna, Brenda G. — primary (person)
- Moores, Mark — primary (person)
- Reeb, Andrea — primary (person)
- Romero, Andrea — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-15** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2023-03-04** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2023-03-04** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **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/c19b719d-aa53-4440-b4f7-f0b903fb8804`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).