---
type: "Bill"
title: "MEAT INSPECTION ACT"
description: "MEAT INSPECTION ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "New Mexico SB 37 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS (fish", "livestock", "pets", "wildlife)", "BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "BUSINESS & INDUSTRY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong, Gail", "Muñoz, George K.", "Sanchez, Joshua A.", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\"", "Woods, Pat"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92da8f63-d0b5-48d4-901f-6478afa118b4"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=37&year=24"
source_hash: "b2edd30b419ee64a9b8a0042285571eb766154508f5c09d347fa47498f51951f"
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 37 (2024) — MEAT INSPECTION ACT

## 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/SB0037.PDF)
2. **JU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0037JUS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0037.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Armstrong, Gail — primary (person)
- Muñoz, George K. — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Joshua A. — primary (person)
- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)
- Woods, Pat — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** germane
- **2024-02-13** passed House `passage`
- **2024-02-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-05** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** passed Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Sent to House Agriculture, Acequias & Water Resources Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92da8f63-d0b5-48d4-901f-6478afa118b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).