---
type: "Bill"
title: "EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION & CARE FUND"
description: "EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION & CARE FUND"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 83"
citation: "New Mexico HB 83 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "EDUCATION", "OTHER", "FINANCE", "PUBLIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallegos, Doreen Y.", "Smith, John Arthur"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-12-24"
last_action: "2020-02-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4091677c-d59e-4592-9035-a1a4046fe13f"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=83&year=20"
source_hash: "74317d0485eebf3f25a51956e06711432b7435d382cbae9583ea7eec4393a713"
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 83 (2020) — EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION & CARE FUND

## 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/HB0083.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Regular/final/HB0083.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Regular/bills/house/HB0083.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Gallegos, Doreen Y. — primary (person)
- Smith, John Arthur — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-24** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Sent to House Education Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-08** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-10** passed House `passage`
- **2020-02-10** Sent to Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **2020-02-18** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4091677c-d59e-4592-9035-a1a4046fe13f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).