---
type: "Bill"
title: "IMMIGRANT SAFETY ACT"
description: "IMMIGRANT SAFETY ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 9"
citation: "New Mexico HB 9 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES & PENALTIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anaya, Marianna", "Cervantes, Joseph", "Chávez, Eleanor", "Romero, Andrea", "Rubio, Angelica"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-20"
last_action: "2026-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0266ce26-fb1d-4f82-9dd6-18b2369d0b5c"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=9&year=26"
source_hash: "4ca10d82f3453d24d2d31666e1863a5c92547ecb696b8b112288e6b66e1b3c93"
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 9 (2026) — IMMIGRANT SAFETY ACT

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendments in Context** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0009.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/HB0009.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0009.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **40–29** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **24–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anaya, Marianna — primary (person)
- Cervantes, Joseph — primary (person)
- Chávez, Eleanor — primary (person)
- Romero, Andrea — primary (person)
- Rubio, Angelica — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-20** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-07** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-01-29** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-30** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-03** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-02** Sent to Senate Judiciary 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/0266ce26-fb1d-4f82-9dd6-18b2369d0b5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).