---
type: "Bill"
title: "STORAGE OF CERTAIN RADIOACTIVE WASTE"
description: "STORAGE OF CERTAIN RADIOACTIVE WASTE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 53"
citation: "New Mexico SB 53 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES", "ENVIRONMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McQueen, Matthew", "Roybal Caballero, Patricia", "Sariñana, Debra M.", "Steinborn, Jeff"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ab7f484-3d0f-49b9-b27c-61f01d890abc"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=53&year=23"
source_hash: "3698b29cf7ee9546ffe28c0b0b38db9a769bc17a70e90846f1a36a1fe382ed49"
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 53 (2023) — STORAGE OF CERTAIN RADIOACTIVE WASTE

## 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/SB0053.pdf)
2. **CO substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0053COS.HTML)
3. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/SB0053.PDF)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0053.HTML)

## Sponsors

- McQueen, Matthew — primary (person)
- Roybal Caballero, Patricia — primary (person)
- Sariñana, Debra M. — primary (person)
- Steinborn, Jeff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Sent to Senate Conservation Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-27** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-17** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-15** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ab7f484-3d0f-49b9-b27c-61f01d890abc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).