---
type: "Bill"
title: "GUARDIANSHIP CHANGES"
description: "GUARDIANSHIP CHANGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 31"
citation: "New Mexico SB 31 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "COURTS (judges", "DAs", "public defenders)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duhigg, Katy M.", "Hemphill, Siah Correa", "Lopez, Linda M."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15a0400f-f8ed-4537-9302-da3a394968d7"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=31&year=23"
source_hash: "7789a638fdba66dc6341e9a4fe9ac0804d2da9640d9d829e587b08c93cc8f761"
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 31 (2023) — GUARDIANSHIP CHANGES

## 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/SB0031.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/SB0031.PDF)
3. **JC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0031JCS.HTML)
4. **JU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0031JUS.HTML)
5. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0031.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Duhigg, Katy M. — primary (person)
- Hemphill, Siah Correa — primary (person)
- Lopez, Linda M. — 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 Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2023-02-08** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-27** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-10** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-11** DO PASS 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/15a0400f-f8ed-4537-9302-da3a394968d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).