---
type: "Bill"
title: "HUMAN SERVICES DEPT. BACKGROUND CHECKS"
description: "HUMAN SERVICES DEPT. BACKGROUND CHECKS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 556"
citation: "New Mexico HB 556 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)", "CRIMES & PENALTIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong, Deborah A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f156a5c4-b1b9-4ed7-b450-9dcbb9548933"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=556&year=19"
source_hash: "b58ec1e27367021135ec9c041c384a07ee675452e4b13a1cf551a793c4f9cf9a"
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 556 (2019) — HUMAN SERVICES DEPT. BACKGROUND CHECKS

## 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/HB0556.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0556.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0556.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Armstrong, Deborah A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2019-03-06** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-15** 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/f156a5c4-b1b9-4ed7-b450-9dcbb9548933`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).