---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOOL EMPLOYEE & ASSISTANTS PROBATION TIME"
description: "SCHOOL EMPLOYEE & ASSISTANTS PROBATION TIME"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 47"
citation: "New Mexico HB 47 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roybal Caballero, Patricia"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-17"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14c2421e-1cc7-4f86-a64d-e5c7af97d930"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=47&year=19"
source_hash: "754d843e4d2eb6c513375777dd688ab62079645a0d751e61a161f3502536709b"
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 47 (2019) — SCHOOL EMPLOYEE & ASSISTANTS PROBATION TIME

## 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/HB0047.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0047.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0047.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **41–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roybal Caballero, Patricia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-17** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Sent to House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee & House Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** passed House `passage`
- **2019-02-20** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2019-02-21** Sent to Senate Education Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14c2421e-1cc7-4f86-a64d-e5c7af97d930`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).