---
type: "Bill"
title: "WORKFORCE TRAINING RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS"
description: "WORKFORCE TRAINING RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 155"
citation: "New Mexico HB 155 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM", "EMPLOYER & EMPLOYEE (including workers' comp)", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dixon, Meredith A.", "Sweetser, Candie G."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/504d5831-3264-4e59-8cc4-d753205e1f3c"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=155&year=21"
source_hash: "80c84a7d585151a15fd7aa93559ef494e3653b0ccea1630ff13893ec3d38a4a1"
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 155 (2021) — WORKFORCE TRAINING RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/HB0155.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0155.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Dixon, Meredith A. — primary (person)
- Sweetser, Candie G. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Sent to House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee & House Commerce & Economic Development Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** passed House `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-13** DO PASS 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/504d5831-3264-4e59-8cc4-d753205e1f3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).