---
type: "Bill"
title: "TERMINATION OF SCHOOL EMPLOYEES"
description: "TERMINATION OF SCHOOL EMPLOYEES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 431"
citation: "New Mexico HB 431 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trujillo, Linda M."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/668514b3-cc94-4784-b9d7-0b4b5620de29"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=431&year=19"
source_hash: "7f87b49dc4a266419adffa9e4b1b326c1f487cff09b92b8a57a92a0872f9a8cb"
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 431 (2019) — TERMINATION OF SCHOOL EMPLOYEES

## 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/HB0431.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0431.PDF)
3. **LV substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0431LVS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0431.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Trujillo, Linda M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Sent to House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee & House Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-01** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-04** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2019-03-04** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Sent to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-11** passed Senate `passage`
- **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/668514b3-cc94-4784-b9d7-0b4b5620de29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).