---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN SEX CRIMES"
description: "STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN SEX CRIMES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 41"
citation: "New Mexico SB 41 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS (judges", "DAs", "public defenders)", "CRIMES & PENALTIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charley, Angel M.", "Muñoz, George K.", "Nava, Cindy", "Steinborn, Jeff"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/812dcd89-8028-4904-bff5-aaf8839fd6a2"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=41&year=26"
source_hash: "bffef1e46a822c8d6761434246db42fead9597611ad804c1f4a3e89b21240472"
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 41 (2026) — STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN SEX CRIMES

## 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/SB0041.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/SB0041.PDF)
3. **JU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0041JUS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0041.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **40–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charley, Angel M. — primary (person)
- Muñoz, George K. — primary (person)
- Nava, Cindy — primary (person)
- Steinborn, Jeff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-19** passed House `passage`
- **2026-01-21** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** germane
- **2026-03-05** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-14** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-02** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2026-02-12** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-13** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2026-02-13** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/812dcd89-8028-4904-bff5-aaf8839fd6a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).