---
type: "Bill"
title: "NM CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION"
description: "NM CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2020S"
identifier: "HB 5"
citation: "New Mexico HB 5 (2020S)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT (sheriffs", "police)", "CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO", "BOARDS & COMMISSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bash, Karen C.", "Egolf, Brian", "Ortiz y Pino, Gerald"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-06-18"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f952513-a1bd-4097-89d0-75ecee15e4eb"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=5&year=20S"
source_hash: "c9c996676098bd3b15c307346e1885a9818cddae8279a4806dde48e9ae62ee65"
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 5 (2020S) — NM CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION

## 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%20Special/Amendments_In_Context/HB0005.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Special/final/HB0005.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Special/bills/house/HB0005.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Bash, Karen C. — primary (person)
- Egolf, Brian — primary (person)
- Ortiz y Pino, Gerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-19** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-19** floor substitute adopted (3 amendment)
- **2020-06-19** passed House `passage`
- **2020-06-19** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-20** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-20** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2020-06-20** passed Senate `passage`
- **2020-06-20** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2020-06-29** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-18** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f952513-a1bd-4097-89d0-75ecee15e4eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).