---
type: "Bill"
title: "CYBERSECURITY ACT"
description: "CYBERSECURITY ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 280"
citation: "New Mexico SB 280 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES & PENALTIES", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla, Michael", "Sariñana, Debra M."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eae93b68-0ff2-41a5-84ea-f9d48e6f3e8f"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=280&year=23"
source_hash: "5bb3a1abe5c0df226bf689160a69d87b7226138873c246af679c9bcbd3ed678c"
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 280 (2023) — CYBERSECURITY ACT

## 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/SB0280.pdf)
2. **FC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0280FCS.HTML)
3. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/SB0280.PDF)
4. **RU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0280RUS.HTML)
5. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0280.HTML)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2023-03-02** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Sent to House Judiciary Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** 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/eae93b68-0ff2-41a5-84ea-f9d48e6f3e8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).