---
type: "Bill"
title: "SOLAR ENERGY IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENTS"
description: "SOLAR ENERGY IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 440"
citation: "New Mexico HB 440 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES", "TAXATION", "OTHER (gas", "cigarettes", "etc.)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akhil, Abbas", "Sanchez, Joseph L.", "Sariñana, Debra M."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a6b0b13-2e75-49d7-bb2e-a9fa630d4b17"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=440&year=19"
source_hash: "95c4d4bf54756db6898d8367490ee8faca766653eafd3e0403e64ecdbf24072e"
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 440 (2019) — SOLAR ENERGY IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENTS

## 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/HB0440.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0440.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0440.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **35–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Akhil, Abbas — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Joseph L. — primary (person)
- Sariñana, Debra M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Sent to House Local Government, Land Grants & Cultural Affairs Committee & House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-25** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2019-02-28** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Conservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-10** 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`
- **2019-03-16** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2019-03-29** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a6b0b13-2e75-49d7-bb2e-a9fa630d4b17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).