---
type: "Bill"
title: "NMMI OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP"
description: "NMMI OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 68"
citation: "New Mexico HB 68 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "POST SECONDARY", "MILITARY AFFAIRS (national guard", "vets)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wooley, Bob"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-21"
last_action: "2018-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b765132-f5a2-47f1-a5a8-e60714c797d5"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=68&year=18"
source_hash: "255a2af50667e10d039881bc7d30475247745ab8c4ccfe78e0cc9c62e7b7d30b"
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 68 (2018) — NMMI OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP

## Version chain

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

1. **EC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/house/HB0068ECS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/final/HB0068.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/house/HB0068.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wooley, Bob — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-21** 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- **2018-01-22** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`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 NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-06** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** passed House `passage`
- **2018-02-09** Sent to Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-14** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b765132-f5a2-47f1-a5a8-e60714c797d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).