---
type: "Bill"
title: "CREATE WILDLIFE CORRIDORS FUND"
description: "CREATE WILDLIFE CORRIDORS FUND"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "New Mexico SB 72 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS (fish", "livestock", "pets", "wildlife)", "HIGHWAYS", "ROADS & BRIDGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart, Mimi"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2405a1e-ae08-46b7-bce0-ae7593b6865c"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=72&year=23"
source_hash: "8b8b52b52c0d882535f85a96bf9d9815ee39d8c2282c41cfa3a3da804f48b1b8"
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 72 (2023) — CREATE WILDLIFE CORRIDORS FUND

## 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/SB0072.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/SB0072.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0072.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Stewart, Mimi — 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 Conservation Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Sent to House Transportation, Public Works & Capital Improvements Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-14** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-07** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** 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/b2405a1e-ae08-46b7-bce0-ae7593b6865c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).