---
type: "Bill"
title: "EXEMPT OVER 75 FROM JURY DUTY- NO AFFIDAVIT"
description: "EXEMPT OVER 75 FROM JURY DUTY- NO AFFIDAVIT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 185"
citation: "New Mexico HB 185 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS (judges", "DAs", "public defenders)", "SENIOR CITIZENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McQueen, Matthew", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ef6a6c4-795b-4683-9e5f-16a77a13deed"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=185&year=21"
source_hash: "0604ac4181c0491724cde04b62b7f863f5266b8fee772c0cd5577049d5115261"
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 185 (2021) — EXEMPT OVER 75 FROM JURY DUTY- NO AFFIDAVIT

## 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/HB0185.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0185.HTML)

## Sponsors

- McQueen, Matthew — primary (person)
- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-04** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** 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/0ef6a6c4-795b-4683-9e5f-16a77a13deed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).