---
type: "Bill"
title: "COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AFFORDABILITY"
description: "COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AFFORDABILITY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 275"
citation: "New Mexico HB 275 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "POST SECONDARY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferrary, Joanne J.", "Figueroa, Natalie", "Lara, Raymundo", "Sariñana, Debra M.", "Stapleton, Sheryl Williams"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/518eeb45-9bb2-469a-a0ef-d96357fe5924"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=275&year=19"
source_hash: "f493d3fd2681fe7d6f551d44a61cb6c0a84613d04f5590cfd636ea722b07d4d2"
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 275 (2019) — COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AFFORDABILITY

## Version chain

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

1. **AF substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0275AFS.HTML)
2. **Amendments in Context** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0275.pdf)
3. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0275.PDF)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0275.HTML)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Ferrary, Joanne J. — primary (person)
- Figueroa, Natalie — primary (person)
- Lara, Raymundo — primary (person)
- Sariñana, Debra M. — primary (person)
- Stapleton, Sheryl Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Sent to House Education Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Sent to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-09** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2019-03-09** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-13** House concurred in Senate amendments

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/518eeb45-9bb2-469a-a0ef-d96357fe5924`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).