---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHER EDUCATION CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE"
description: "HIGHER EDUCATION CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7"
citation: "New Mexico HB 7 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "POST SECONDARY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cadena, Micaela Lara", "Salazar, Tomás E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b00684b-d8cb-4bb1-8b8f-ead19f92018b"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=7&year=19"
source_hash: "fb7faf65c872b4bd00ff041a775ce9cfed10ae41be72ececf87dba86d6c30dd3"
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 7 (2019) — HIGHER EDUCATION CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0007.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0007.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Cadena, Micaela Lara — primary (person)
- Salazar, Tomás E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** Sent to House Education Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** DO PASS 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 Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-15** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b00684b-d8cb-4bb1-8b8f-ead19f92018b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).