---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOOL ELECTION TIMING, CA"
description: "SCHOOL ELECTION TIMING, CA"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SJR 1"
citation: "New Mexico SJR 1 (2026)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO", "EDUCATION", "OTHER", "ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Figueroa, Natalie", "Trujillo, Linda M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-02-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0816b56-0c14-4050-923b-86d0c8b4af83"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=JR&legNo=1&year=26"
source_hash: "65d4933f030fc183935c201242472f888f1231a2abda1f43f10bae9b11599a65"
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 SJR 1 (2026) — SCHOOL ELECTION TIMING, CA

## 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/SJR01.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/resolutions/senate/SJR01.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **50–9** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Figueroa, Natalie — primary (person)
- Trujillo, Linda M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-19** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-01-22** Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06** Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee & House Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-02** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-11** 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/d0816b56-0c14-4050-923b-86d0c8b4af83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).