---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEMP MANUFACTURING ACT"
description: "HEMP MANUFACTURING ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 581"
citation: "New Mexico HB 581 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOL & DRUGS", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM", "BUSINESS & INDUSTRY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lente, Derrick J."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/037b6026-667e-4b93-a02c-1b41eca21fa8"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=581&year=19"
source_hash: "720dcbbc99462dd7fdcda6f3498d92314f0436a1da55c925df3df66c65546d73"
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 581 (2019) — HEMP MANUFACTURING ACT

## 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/HB0581.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0581.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0581.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Lente, Derrick J. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** Sent to House Agriculture & Water Resources Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-02** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-09** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-10** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-13** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2019-04-01** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/037b6026-667e-4b93-a02c-1b41eca21fa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).