republic-os/legislation/us/states/nm/2019/sb-278.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	DRIVER'S LICENSE CHANGES	DRIVER'S LICENSE CHANGES	us/states/nm	New Mexico Legislature	2019	SB 278	New Mexico SB 278 (2019)	bill	MOTOR VEHICLES (autos trucks buses cycles)	enacted	Ivey-Soto, Daniel A. Ortiz y Pino, Gerald	3	9	1	2019-01-21	2019-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/f5e7b472-7a4d-4963-b34a-7337780389d9	http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=278&year=19	a05c9cf9a528da36af2532b5d44fcbfaf39b1ada549366a3992c28437fe003b9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nm

New Mexico SB 278 (2019) — DRIVER'S LICENSE CHANGES

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Final Version (committee substitute) — source
2. PA substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. introduced version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• senate passage — 31–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ivey-Soto, Daniel A. — primary (person)
• Ortiz y Pino, Gerald — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-21 Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute committee-passage
• 2019-02-19 DO PASS committee report adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-21 passed Senate passage
• 2019-02-22 Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-03-08 DO PASS committee report adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-13 passed House passage
• 2019-03-11 DO PASS committee report adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-03 Signed executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f5e7b472-7a4d-4963-b34a-7337780389d9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).