---
type: "Bill"
title: "DATA ON PARENTING STUDENTS IN HIGHER ED."
description: "DATA ON PARENTING STUDENTS IN HIGHER ED."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SM 16"
citation: "New Mexico SM 16 (2026)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "POST SECONDARY", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jaramillo, Leo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 5
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-30"
last_action: "2026-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33c04c57-5dd8-4502-99dd-2fef7c0165e1"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=M&legNo=16&year=26"
source_hash: "e32fe6862d95102fbd3fbaebea549e30ff8f7ec5bbda1d6bc574625bfbe5247f"
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 SM 16 (2026) — DATA ON PARENTING STUDENTS IN HIGHER ED.

## 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/SM016.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/SM016.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM016.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jaramillo, Leo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-14** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-01-30** Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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/33c04c57-5dd8-4502-99dd-2fef7c0165e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).