---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE FIGHTER SURVIVOR SCHOLARSHIP BENEFITS"
description: "FIRE FIGHTER SURVIVOR SCHOLARSHIP BENEFITS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 55"
citation: "New Mexico HB 55 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "POST SECONDARY", "PUBLIC SAFETY (emergency services", "etc.)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lewis, Tim D.", "O'Neill, Bill B.", "Ruiloba, Patricio"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-19"
last_action: "2018-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fc7d696-4ccc-489e-bc5c-62aacc6a5172"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=55&year=18"
source_hash: "7907b2310a9cffb4058c74da193d4faa186f71dfca4bdabcf645ff7fd1482f7f"
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 55 (2018) — FIRE FIGHTER SURVIVOR SCHOLARSHIP BENEFITS

## 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/HB0055.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/house/HB0055.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lewis, Tim D. — primary (person)
- O'Neill, Bill B. — primary (person)
- Ruiloba, Patricio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-03** Sent to Senate Education Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-12-19** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2018-01-22** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2018-01-22** germane & printed
- **2018-01-22** referred to House Education Committee & House Appropriations and Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-30** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2018-02-02** passed House `passage`
- **2018-02-07** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-13** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fc7d696-4ccc-489e-bc5c-62aacc6a5172`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).