---
type: "Bill"
title: "ATTENDANCE FOR SUCCESS ACT"
description: "ATTENDANCE FOR SUCCESS ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 236"
citation: "New Mexico HB 236 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruiloba, Patricio"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4154568d-89ee-40a6-99f7-47d4b9f55460"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=236&year=19"
source_hash: "39f90f1fef369063725f8287c5030cec19dd1f52cfef1b5126ec9c21e135b5db"
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 236 (2019) — ATTENDANCE FOR SUCCESS ACT

## 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/HB0236.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0236.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0236.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **60–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ruiloba, Patricio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Sent to House Education Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-18** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** passed House `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Sent to Senate Education Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-13** 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/4154568d-89ee-40a6-99f7-47d4b9f55460`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).