---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ACT"
description: "CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 241"
citation: "New Mexico SB 241 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallegos, Doreen Y.", "Gonzales, Roberto \"Bobby\" J.", "Muñoz, George K.", "Padilla, Michael", "Trujillo, Linda M."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46a3f6c3-7079-47d2-9884-30c29e5e5de7"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=241&year=26"
source_hash: "2867b708571826cda096b28793dca478db08311e670dd5dba36631b8aaab207e"
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 241 (2026) — CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 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/SB0241.pdf)
2. **FC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0241FCS.HTML)
3. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/SB0241.PDF)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0241.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **25–15** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **37–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gallegos, Doreen Y. — primary (person)
- Gonzales, Roberto "Bobby" J. — primary (person)
- Muñoz, George K. — primary (person)
- Padilla, Michael — primary (person)
- Trujillo, Linda M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-18** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2026-02-06** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-17** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-03** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Education Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** germane
- **2026-02-11** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2026-02-12** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-13** 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/46a3f6c3-7079-47d2-9884-30c29e5e5de7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).