---
type: "Bill"
title: "FEES FOR VITAL RECORDS FOR HOMELESS"
description: "FEES FOR VITAL RECORDS FOR HOMELESS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 179"
citation: "New Mexico HB 179 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC ASSISTANCE (programs)", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, D. Wonda"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cb31862-48fd-499b-969b-2b1deb8a9a9f"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=179&year=21"
source_hash: "bad2bb0a62d0a52ef2d10d7e73223da2eed1f10b6be09077eadb0f72590fb3e4"
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 179 (2021) — FEES FOR VITAL RECORDS FOR HOMELESS

## 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/HB0179.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0179.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Johnson, D. Wonda — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **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/9cb31862-48fd-499b-969b-2b1deb8a9a9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).