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+type: "Bill"
+title: "PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS"
+description: "PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
+legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 296"
+citation: "New Mexico HB 296 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BUSINESS & INDUSTRY", "LICENSURE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Parajón, Cristina"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-05"
+last_action: "2025-04-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e423fe21-57aa-4828-92ba-f23567a00688"
+source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=296&year=25"
+source_hash: "db914e15d6e79ac0c6b595d413b803a0d4e869545686e8e630e457baaf308724"
+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 HB 296 (2025) — PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CE substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0296CES.HTML)
+2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/final/HB0296.PDF)
+3. **JC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0296JCS.HTML)
+4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0296.HTML)
+
+## Votes
+
+- house passage — **61–0** (pass) · lower
+- senate passage — **39–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Parajón, Cristina — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-05** Sent to House Commerce & Economic Development Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-19** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-04** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-05** passed House `passage`
+- **2025-03-05** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-17** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-09** Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2025-03-20** passed Senate `passage`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e423fe21-57aa-4828-92ba-f23567a00688`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).
+