---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOW-INCOME TELECOMM. ASSISTANCE PROGRAM"
description: "LOW-INCOME TELECOMM. ASSISTANCE PROGRAM"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 152"
citation: "New Mexico SB 152 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC ASSISTANCE (programs)", "UTILITIES (sewer", "electric", "gas", "water", "telephone)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Herndon, Pamelya", "Padilla, Michael", "Sariñana, Debra M."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-26"
last_action: "2026-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82435d72-3ed8-4c6b-b8ff-1cfb8185c9fb"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=152&year=26"
source_hash: "3fbbdd3cbf4baa474081132c7107f9b8ae6ef0e724878567d0b51baaca812733"
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 152 (2026) — LOW-INCOME TELECOMM. ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

## Version chain

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

1. **FC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0152FCS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/SB0152.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0152.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **48–14** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Herndon, Pamelya — primary (person)
- Padilla, Michael — primary (person)
- Sariñana, Debra M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-19** passed House `passage`
- **2026-01-26** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** germane
- **2026-02-06** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-17** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-11** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-12** Sent to House Appropriations & Finance 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/82435d72-3ed8-4c6b-b8ff-1cfb8185c9fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).