---
type: "Bill"
title: "WATER LAW VIOLATION MAXIMUM PENALTY"
description: "WATER LAW VIOLATION MAXIMUM PENALTY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 111"
citation: "New Mexico HB 111 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES & PENALTIES", "WATER & WATER RIGHTS (acequias", "irrigation", "rivers)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortez, Kristina", "Romero, Andrea", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\"", "Stewart, Mimi", "Townsend, James G."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4769d6d-2f11-4330-bb6d-8bca00d4e90c"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=111&year=26"
source_hash: "9f0d92c7944f1eaf0c349438348fce433cd89a7e36eb311bd92a936961deec3c"
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 111 (2026) — WATER LAW VIOLATION MAXIMUM PENALTY

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/HB0111.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0111.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **39–3** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **51–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ortez, Kristina — primary (person)
- Romero, Andrea — primary (person)
- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)
- Stewart, Mimi — primary (person)
- Townsend, James G. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-05** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-02** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-22** Sent to House Agriculture, Acequias & Water Resources Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-15** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-12** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-13** Sent to Senate Conservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4769d6d-2f11-4330-bb6d-8bca00d4e90c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).