---
type: "Bill"
title: "MINING ACT FORFEITURE FUND"
description: "MINING ACT FORFEITURE FUND"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 157"
citation: "New Mexico HB 157 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FINANCE", "PUBLIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Small, Nathan P."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a3aa678-d878-4d52-b0a0-c3e495e03093"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=157&year=21"
source_hash: "61f9064254f8701cc0b4f792bf82ebb34f53762bce3f666eafb99f670dea847b"
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 157 (2021) — MINING ACT FORFEITURE FUND

## 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/HB0157.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0157.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Small, Nathan P. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Sent to House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** passed House `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-12** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-13** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a3aa678-d878-4d52-b0a0-c3e495e03093`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).