---
type: "Bill"
title: "EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE ACCOUNTABILITY ACT"
description: "EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE ACCOUNTABILITY ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 193"
citation: "New Mexico HB 193 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "EDUCATION", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong, Deborah A.", "Dow, Rebecca", "Ferrary, Joanne J.", "Morales, Howie C.", "Tallman, Bill"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a4c926a-a79e-4d02-9628-250c5cd2de0f"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=193&year=18"
source_hash: "65b59671e8c334173e65ba91be44d95972871be6bf551a7b5decadfa7b81b064"
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 193 (2018) — EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE ACCOUNTABILITY ACT

## 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/HB0193.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/house/HB0193.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Armstrong, Deborah A. — primary (person)
- Dow, Rebecca — primary (person)
- Ferrary, Joanne J. — primary (person)
- Morales, Howie C. — primary (person)
- Tallman, Bill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** Sent to House State Government, Indian and Veterans' Affairs Committee & House Health and Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-02** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2018-02-06** passed House `passage`
- **2018-02-07** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-10** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-03-02** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-13** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a4c926a-a79e-4d02-9628-250c5cd2de0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).