---
type: "Bill"
title: "MODIFYING HIGH WAGE JOBS TAX CREDIT"
description: "MODIFYING HIGH WAGE JOBS TAX CREDIT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 165"
citation: "New Mexico HB 165 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TAXATION ADMINISTRATION", "BUSINESS & INDUSTRY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sweetser, Candie G."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-02"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c85ff3ca-2336-429b-8e97-4b23cb2af8c5"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=165&year=19"
source_hash: "56933f99c81f645080d543949a3f82d09048fa0cafe74e66d233553f90cd42eb"
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 165 (2019) — MODIFYING HIGH WAGE JOBS TAX CREDIT

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendments in Context** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0165.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0165.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0165.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Sweetser, Candie G. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-02** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Sent to House Commerce & Economic Development Committee & House Taxation & Revenue Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2019-03-08** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-09** Sent to Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-12** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c85ff3ca-2336-429b-8e97-4b23cb2af8c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).