---
type: "Bill"
title: "ALTERNATIVE LEVEL 1 TEACHER PATH TO LEVEL 2"
description: "ALTERNATIVE LEVEL 1 TEACHER PATH TO LEVEL 2"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 240"
citation: "New Mexico HB 240 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero, G. Andrés"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/592b189c-8d6a-4cfd-bbea-a61434e5d8ff"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=240&year=19"
source_hash: "13648cd2855d5eaf4409409726f6ce47f08659e30618c41461a296f78af56659"
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 240 (2019) — ALTERNATIVE LEVEL 1 TEACHER PATH TO LEVEL 2

## 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/19%20Regular/final/HB0240.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0240.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **62–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Romero, G. Andrés — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Sent to House Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05** passed House `passage`
- **2019-02-07** Sent to Senate Education Committee & Senate Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-12** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/592b189c-8d6a-4cfd-bbea-a61434e5d8ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).