---
type: "Bill"
title: "LAW ENFORCEMENT QUALIFICATIONS"
description: "LAW ENFORCEMENT QUALIFICATIONS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 364"
citation: "New Mexico SB 364 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT (sheriffs", "police)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandt, Craig W.", "Cervantes, Joseph", "Martínez, Javier", "Nava, Cindy", "Padilla, Michael"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bc3be9d-9983-40a1-818a-ce4d35490bbf"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=364&year=25"
source_hash: "88b0b32d09e3639f130de125c46294b0a33b0a2f1d06c70133b0425281cb8f90"
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 364 (2025) — LAW ENFORCEMENT QUALIFICATIONS

## 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/SB0364.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0364.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **38–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brandt, Craig W. — primary (person)
- Cervantes, Joseph — primary (person)
- Martínez, Javier — primary (person)
- Nava, Cindy — primary (person)
- Padilla, Michael — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** passed Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-14** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** passed House `passage`
- **2025-03-20** 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/1bc3be9d-9983-40a1-818a-ce4d35490bbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).