---
type: "Bill"
title: "AGING DEPT. BACKGROUND CHECKS"
description: "AGING DEPT. BACKGROUND CHECKS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 241"
citation: "New Mexico SB 241 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES & PENALTIES", "SENIOR CITIZENS", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jaramillo, Leo"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-02-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8adb2493-4803-4e1e-af7b-052c96c7bf71"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=241&year=24"
source_hash: "a5c57340b42a44d4ff520c3a3588da938afd481114c57349ce33d393a5df0e7f"
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 241 (2024) — AGING DEPT. BACKGROUND CHECKS

## 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/24%20Regular/final/SB0241.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0241.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **32–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jaramillo, Leo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-31** germane
- **2024-01-29** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-10** passed Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-10** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-14** passed House `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8adb2493-4803-4e1e-af7b-052c96c7bf71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).