---
type: "Bill"
title: "COUNTY OFFICIAL SALARIES, CA"
description: "COUNTY OFFICIAL SALARIES, CA"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SJR 16"
citation: "New Mexico SJR 16 (2024)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cervantes, Joseph", "Duncan, Mark", "Jaramillo, Leo", "Neville, Steven P.", "Nibert, Greg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-26"
last_action: "2024-02-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06a6e1c6-c55d-49f0-814a-548db6c58eb0"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=JR&legNo=16&year=24"
source_hash: "240b5954f04ff5cb35f8b13e6a1ccd757f4499bc44e3237aedab479804b19efc"
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 SJR 16 (2024) — COUNTY OFFICIAL SALARIES, CA

## 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/SJR16.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/resolutions/senate/SJR16.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- senate passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cervantes, Joseph — primary (person)
- Duncan, Mark — primary (person)
- Jaramillo, Leo — primary (person)
- Neville, Steven P. — primary (person)
- Nibert, Greg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-26** Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** passed Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-07** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-02** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14** passed House `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06a6e1c6-c55d-49f0-814a-548db6c58eb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).