---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITY ECON DISTRICTS"
description: "ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITY ECON DISTRICTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 8"
citation: "New Mexico HB 8 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UTILITIES (sewer", "electric", "gas", "water", "telephone)", "TAXATION", "GROSS RECEIPTS & COMPENSATING", "BUSINESS & INDUSTRY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alcon, Eliseo Lee", "Garcia, Harry", "Johnson, D. Wonda", "Lundstrom, Patricia A.", "Sanchez, Joseph L."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c1c7999-838e-4885-95ce-6db331a418f8"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=8&year=20"
source_hash: "93f71301a914aa6cc241e20b399a0230ec06413b0cfbab2251c7ff2b266bb456"
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 8 (2020) — ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITY ECON 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/HB0008.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Regular/final/HB0008.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Regular/bills/house/HB0008.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Alcon, Eliseo Lee — primary (person)
- Garcia, Harry — primary (person)
- Johnson, D. Wonda — primary (person)
- Lundstrom, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Joseph L. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-10** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-01-17** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Sent to House Commerce & Economic Development Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-04** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-06** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2020-02-06** passed House `passage`
- **2020-02-07** Sent to Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-15** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** passed Senate `passage`
- **2020-02-19** House concurred in Senate amendments

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c1c7999-838e-4885-95ce-6db331a418f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).