---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOOL PERSONNEL BACKGROUND & TRAINING"
description: "SCHOOL PERSONNEL BACKGROUND & TRAINING"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 128"
citation: "New Mexico HB 128 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garratt, Joy", "Herrera, Susan K.", "Matthews, Marian", "Sariñana, Debra M.", "Trujillo, Christine"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1116d903-e86d-4d31-8ac2-ce0ed09326f4"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=128&year=21"
source_hash: "f6e4d688e4b0c246c68d66c2bd424f7c0a48531b0bb456e7516136d1b2f1a8c4"
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 128 (2021) — SCHOOL PERSONNEL BACKGROUND & TRAINING

## 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/21%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0128.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/HB0128.PDF)
3. **JC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0128JCS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0128.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Garratt, Joy — primary (person)
- Herrera, Susan K. — primary (person)
- Matthews, Marian — primary (person)
- Sariñana, Debra M. — primary (person)
- Trujillo, Christine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** Sent to House Education Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-26** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Sent to Senate Education Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-19** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2021-03-10** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1116d903-e86d-4d31-8ac2-ce0ed09326f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).