---
type: "Bill"
title: "EXPAND \"SILVER ALERT\" DEFINITION"
description: "EXPAND \"SILVER ALERT\" DEFINITION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 197"
citation: "New Mexico HB 197 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MENTAL HEALTH & DEV. DISABILITIES", "PUBLIC SAFETY (emergency services", "etc.)", "SENIOR CITIZENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sanchez, Joseph", "Sena Cortez, Elaine"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/848b8139-be78-4fce-a15f-c17958e1581a"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=197&year=25"
source_hash: "00cd76d534d4219fa9886c9f61288d40f8944cb7f20146e9c9784ba670d35c6d"
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 HB 197 (2025) — EXPAND "SILVER ALERT" DEFINITION

## 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/25%20Regular/final/HB0197.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0197.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sanchez, Joseph — primary (person)
- Sena Cortez, Elaine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** passed House `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** passed Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-21** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-16** 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/848b8139-be78-4fce-a15f-c17958e1581a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).