---
type: "Bill"
title: "CREATE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION"
description: "CREATE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 64"
citation: "New Mexico SB 64 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "OTHER", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garratt, Joy", "Nava, Cindy", "Stewart, Mimi"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3ad638c-0a1e-473e-8ecf-c0dc561b4196"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=64&year=26"
source_hash: "5e6c23c2f5afb6e768cf9a5f4a308e7a3624dd1d4b8b105742152fb9689036b9"
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 64 (2026) — CREATE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION

## 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/SB0064.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/SB0064.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0064.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **62–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garratt, Joy — primary (person)
- Nava, Cindy — primary (person)
- Stewart, Mimi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-17** passed House `passage`
- **2026-01-22** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Education Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** germane
- **2026-02-04** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-01-28** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-09** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-02** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee & House Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3ad638c-0a1e-473e-8ecf-c0dc561b4196`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).