---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNIFORM LAW ON NOTARIAL ACTS"
description: "UNIFORM LAW ON NOTARIAL ACTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 246"
citation: "New Mexico SB 246 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MISCELLANEOUS", "NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hochman-Vigil, Dayan", "Ivey-Soto, Daniel A."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51ec82bf-67a8-4700-b307-d567608297b8"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=246&year=23"
source_hash: "b2739be3bf0b7cfa4235d06d5ab5fa60cf38a84dacd52843c30d89f923b2862d"
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 246 (2023) — UNIFORM LAW ON NOTARIAL ACTS

## 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/SB0246.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/SB0246.PDF)
3. **PA substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0246PAS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0246.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Hochman-Vigil, Dayan — primary (person)
- Ivey-Soto, Daniel A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-18** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-18** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2023-03-16** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51ec82bf-67a8-4700-b307-d567608297b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).