---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE"
description: "PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 264"
citation: "New Mexico SB 264 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berghmans, Heather", "Cervantes, Joseph", "Charley, Angel M.", "Duhigg, Katy M.", "Nava, Cindy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6271183-55c3-4fef-a0d2-a219b391771b"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=264&year=26"
source_hash: "9b532ac0c5cf2f0a8bc589f6c672bc1d87af4e48936cf678b7b1a24cfa773694"
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 264 (2026) — PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE

## 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/SB0264.PDF)
2. **PP substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0264PPS.pdf)
3. **RU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0264RUS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0264.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **26–16** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **41–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berghmans, Heather — primary (person)
- Cervantes, Joseph — primary (person)
- Charley, Angel M. — primary (person)
- Duhigg, Katy M. — primary (person)
- Nava, Cindy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-17** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-15** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-07** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2026-02-07** referred to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Rules Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** germane
- **2026-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-16** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04** not printed Senate Rules Committee
- **2026-02-11** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6271183-55c3-4fef-a0d2-a219b391771b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).