---
type: "Bill"
title: "DRIVER PRIVACY AND SAFETY ACT"
description: "DRIVER PRIVACY AND SAFETY ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "New Mexico SB 40 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES & PENALTIES", "MOTOR VEHICLES (autos", "trucks", "buses", "cycles)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berghmans, Heather", "Chandler, Christine", "Nava, Cindy", "O'Malley, Micaelita Debbie", "Wirth, Peter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3de58fa-f9b5-4429-859f-fc9dda0afe19"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=40&year=26"
source_hash: "3edd1ac84640b570e094868a922407bd1805588aa7f9b534161c523cb35d24de"
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 40 (2026) — DRIVER PRIVACY AND SAFETY ACT

## 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/SB0040.PDF)
2. **JU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0040JUS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0040.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **42–22** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **32–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berghmans, Heather — primary (person)
- Chandler, Christine — primary (person)
- Nava, Cindy — primary (person)
- O'Malley, Micaelita Debbie — primary (person)
- Wirth, Peter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** germane
- **2026-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-10** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-17** passed House `passage`
- **2026-01-30** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-12** Sent to House 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/e3de58fa-f9b5-4429-859f-fc9dda0afe19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).