---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL TELECOMM CARRIER CHANGES"
description: "LOCAL TELECOMM CARRIER CHANGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 41"
citation: "New Mexico SB 41 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS & INDUSTRY", "UTILITIES (sewer", "electric", "gas", "water", "telephone)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla, Michael"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09fb42c9-5332-481f-a652-7096581f7552"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=41&year=23"
source_hash: "d5c79cf5a3826c380f5d97a27aaac8f3b57974d6763cf56ee638a6bb3615b438"
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 41 (2023) — LOCAL TELECOMM CARRIER CHANGES

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/SB0041.PDF)
2. **JU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0041JUS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0041.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Padilla, Michael — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-17** Sent to House Commerce & Economic Development Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** passed House `passage`
- **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/09fb42c9-5332-481f-a652-7096581f7552`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).