---
type: "Bill"
title: "DUPLICATES FOR INSTRUMENTS OF WRITING"
description: "DUPLICATES FOR INSTRUMENTS OF WRITING"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 293"
citation: "New Mexico HB 293 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)", "MISCELLANEOUS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nibert, Greg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7142c7b8-0516-4eca-897e-2533bda374db"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=293&year=19"
source_hash: "08d255913a238f96b182eb8b2c4a51db122b77b0fcd2658277b7f887d1c1fd17"
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 293 (2019) — DUPLICATES FOR INSTRUMENTS OF WRITING

## 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/HB0293.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0293.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0293.HTML)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Nibert, Greg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** Sent to House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-22** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-24** passed House `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2019-03-15** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-15** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2019-04-03** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7142c7b8-0516-4eca-897e-2533bda374db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).