---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC ED. BACKGROUND CHECK PROCESS"
description: "PUBLIC ED. BACKGROUND CHECK PROCESS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 383"
citation: "New Mexico SB 383 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sariñana, Debra M.", "Stewart, Mimi"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d6abf57-0745-4b86-a4a6-e18ee1ca18bf"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=383&year=23"
source_hash: "38f664d1cbc210708be458212baf025e8fa55915a7e453d392b5bee2f1d6b413"
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 383 (2023) — PUBLIC ED. BACKGROUND CHECK PROCESS

## 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/SB0383.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/SB0383.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0383.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Sariñana, Debra M. — primary (person)
- Stewart, Mimi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** Sent to Senate Education Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-03** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-20** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-16** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-04** Sent to House Education Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d6abf57-0745-4b86-a4a6-e18ee1ca18bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).