---
type: "Bill"
title: "REGULATED CHILD CARE ZONING REQUIREMENTS"
description: "REGULATED CHILD CARE ZONING REQUIREMENTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 96"
citation: "New Mexico SB 96 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS (marriage", "divorce", "custody", "support)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berghmans, Heather", "Serrato, Linda", "Trujillo, Linda M."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba2f7d8f-0a71-4e21-aab5-b14cb018e7bd"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=96&year=26"
source_hash: "e50973646b00f265bbe46c030da2163bfa758cde060d4bb5746e2fa0ae62f97e"
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 96 (2026) — REGULATED CHILD CARE ZONING REQUIREMENTS

## 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/SB0096.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/SB0096.PDF)
3. **PA substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0096PAS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0096.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **41–23** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **25–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berghmans, Heather — primary (person)
- Serrato, Linda — primary (person)
- Trujillo, Linda M. — 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 Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** germane
- **2026-02-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2026-02-11** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-11** Sent to House Commerce & Economic Development 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/ba2f7d8f-0a71-4e21-aab5-b14cb018e7bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).