---
type: "Bill"
title: "HORSE RACING BREEDER MERIT & INCENTIVE AWARDS"
description: "HORSE RACING BREEDER MERIT & INCENTIVE AWARDS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 503"
citation: "New Mexico HB 503 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GAMING", "ANIMALS (fish", "livestock", "pets", "wildlife)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ezzell, Candy Spence"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/919fefb0-ef94-4e72-a7c3-b124cf38b347"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=503&year=19"
source_hash: "76e8bdd66cb58dc9da398284e47ae5cdf6787addb8d6998b44cb7536945d39a3"
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 503 (2019) — HORSE RACING BREEDER MERIT & INCENTIVE AWARDS

## 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/HB0503.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0503.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0503.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Ezzell, Candy Spence — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Sent to House Commerce & Economic Development Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-03** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-04** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **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/919fefb0-ef94-4e72-a7c3-b124cf38b347`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).