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+type: "Bill"
+title: "PUBLIC SAFETY WORKFORCE BUILDING PROGRAM"
+description: "PUBLIC SAFETY WORKFORCE BUILDING PROGRAM"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
+legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 255"
+citation: "New Mexico HB 255 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT (sheriffs", "police)", "PUBLIC SAFETY (emergency services", "etc.)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brown, Cathrynn N.", "Dixon, Meredith A.", "Little, Charlotte", "Silva, Sarah"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-30"
+last_action: "2026-03-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a690d570-bb7c-4a9e-b388-da07499a37cc"
+source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=255&year=26"
+source_hash: "158df532d9bcae4cbd861e3319a4a41ac0ac0720e733858cf5456be72d7a0adb"
+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 255 (2026) — PUBLIC SAFETY WORKFORCE BUILDING PROGRAM
+
+## 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/HB0255.PDF)
+2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0255.HTML)
+
+## Votes
+
+- house passage — **63–0** (pass) · lower
+- senate passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brown, Cathrynn N. — primary (person)
+- Dixon, Meredith A. — primary (person)
+- Little, Charlotte — primary (person)
+- Silva, Sarah — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-18** passed Senate `passage`
+- **2026-03-04** Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2026-02-15** passed House `passage`
+- **2026-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-15** Sent to Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-17** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-30** Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04** 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/a690d570-bb7c-4a9e-b388-da07499a37cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).
+