---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE"
description: "PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 618"
citation: "New Mexico HB 618 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Serrato, Linda"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dec0d315-1ba8-4b03-b724-37ad801117f2"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=618&year=25"
source_hash: "ad049d4a64ce1b77e4c64bc4eb895f5b0fae8eaa56bd5c0db9bda3a7acd5cba5"
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 618 (2025) — PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE

## 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/HB0618.PDF)
2. **GE substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0618GES.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0618.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Serrato, Linda — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2025-03-07** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2025-03-07** referred to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-15** passed House `passage`
- **2025-03-14** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-16** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** passed Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-08** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dec0d315-1ba8-4b03-b724-37ad801117f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).