---
type: "Bill"
title: "DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIVATE COLLEGES"
description: "DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIVATE COLLEGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 17"
citation: "New Mexico HB 17 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "POST SECONDARY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chandler, Christine", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-12-16"
last_action: "2020-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2d1243b-9d7e-4ff4-9030-b315442e8591"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=17&year=20"
source_hash: "ece00ed312cbd5ce11b2118901de1a72c6b16309cabf6459b3334552521a4018"
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 17 (2020) — DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIVATE COLLEGES

## 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/20%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0017.pdf)
2. **EC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Regular/bills/house/HB0017ECS.HTML)
3. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Regular/final/HB0017.PDF)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Regular/bills/house/HB0017.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Chandler, Christine — primary (person)
- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-06** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-16** Sent to `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Sent to House Education Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-28** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** passed House `passage`
- **2020-02-07** Sent to Senate Education Committee & Senate Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-15** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2d1243b-9d7e-4ff4-9030-b315442e8591`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).