---
type: "Bill"
title: "PHASED-IN TEACHER COST INDEX"
description: "PHASED-IN TEACHER COST INDEX"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 188"
citation: "New Mexico HB 188 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodge, George, Jr."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d08f0b1-2d4b-4804-bb22-e643b16e38b5"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=188&year=18"
source_hash: "811869f861425c25bdcbb6b4e4013283f29dbe6ecbdfce1788204526defc6e63"
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 188 (2018) — PHASED-IN TEACHER COST INDEX

## Version chain

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

1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/final/HB0188.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/house/HB0188.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dodge, George, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2018-02-01** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2018-02-01** germane & printed
- **2018-02-01** referred to House Appropriations and Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** passed House `passage`
- **2018-02-09** Sent to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-03-03** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d08f0b1-2d4b-4804-bb22-e643b16e38b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).