---
type: "Bill"
title: "IMPORTANCE OF WATER IN TAOS & QUESTA"
description: "IMPORTANCE OF WATER IN TAOS & QUESTA"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SM 69"
citation: "New Mexico SM 69 (2023)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzales, Roberto \"Bobby\" J."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 4
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-14"
last_action: "2023-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea55f2c8-2e3b-418b-b289-f3ebc92c48ac"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=M&legNo=69&year=23"
source_hash: "5010436266133be14ef29025658a043d0c7d238c21e6df3fdcdc5232f005bacd"
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 SM 69 (2023) — IMPORTANCE OF WATER IN TAOS & QUESTA

## 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/SM069.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/SM069.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM069.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Gonzales, Roberto "Bobby" J. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-14** Sent to Senate Conservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-18** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea55f2c8-2e3b-418b-b289-f3ebc92c48ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).