---
type: "Bill"
title: "PERA WORK GROUP"
description: "PERA WORK GROUP"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SM 31"
citation: "New Mexico SM 31 (2026)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "OTHER", "OFFICERS & EMPLOYEES", "PUBLIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Figueroa, Natalie", "Padilla, Michael", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\"", "Trujillo, Linda M.", "Wirth, Peter"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-02-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/441ca5d8-143f-40f9-b41b-a63f06b1d973"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=M&legNo=31&year=26"
source_hash: "78a5be06ea2fd81e551c01ec8d7ff342060d2793674dbe9e451bd3e0d870cc30"
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 31 (2026) — PERA WORK GROUP

## 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/SM031.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM031.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Figueroa, Natalie — primary (person)
- Padilla, Michael — primary (person)
- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)
- Trujillo, Linda M. — primary (person)
- Wirth, Peter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-17** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-15** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-13** Sent to Senate Rules 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/441ca5d8-143f-40f9-b41b-a63f06b1d973`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).