---
type: "Bill"
title: "DISTRIBUTIONS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS"
description: "DISTRIBUTIONS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 254"
citation: "New Mexico HB 254 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS", "FINANCE", "PUBLIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chatfield, Jack"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d02807c-0f05-4376-bc4b-3aba4abb56d5"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=254&year=20"
source_hash: "2eacd3d04289789ed0347376255024798ec9ea41975efbb13de768b85eb043cc"
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 254 (2020) — DISTRIBUTIONS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS

## 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/HB0254.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Regular/final/HB0254.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Regular/bills/house/HB0254.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Chatfield, Jack — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-06** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-01-27** Sent to House Education Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-15** passed House `passage`
- **2020-02-15** Sent to Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **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/7d02807c-0f05-4376-bc4b-3aba4abb56d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).