---
type: "Bill"
title: "DRIVER'S ED REQUIREMENTS"
description: "DRIVER'S ED REQUIREMENTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 73"
citation: "New Mexico SB 73 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "OTHER", "MOTOR VEHICLES (autos", "trucks", "buses", "cycles)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berghmans, Heather", "Figueroa, Natalie", "Parajón, Cristina", "Sedillo Lopez, Antoinette"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4c5affd-57e6-48d3-8770-4e71f6f16c0f"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=73&year=26"
source_hash: "333eb7010bf83614c6ab729fc0e8bc1cbc1211ee971c9c97634b1b9a80564b8e"
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 73 (2026) — DRIVER'S ED REQUIREMENTS

## 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/SB0073.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0073.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **45–2** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **25–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berghmans, Heather — primary (person)
- Figueroa, Natalie — primary (person)
- Parajón, Cristina — primary (person)
- Sedillo Lopez, Antoinette — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-23** passed House `passage`
- **2026-01-22** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Education Committee & Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-15** Sent to House Transportation, Public Works & Capital Improvements Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04** germane
- **2026-03-10** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-17** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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/d4c5affd-57e6-48d3-8770-4e71f6f16c0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).