---
type: "Bill"
title: "REMAKE NMSU- CARLSBAD AS COMMUNITY COLLEGE"
description: "REMAKE NMSU- CARLSBAD AS COMMUNITY COLLEGE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 212"
citation: "New Mexico HB 212 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "POST SECONDARY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown, Cathrynn N.", "Townsend, James G."]
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/3ccddab4-2394-4140-a416-a40d1ab5309b"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=212&year=21"
source_hash: "615b2cdf9383f76e7b691d527d5426935a7f89a3547564656ee4469232030c48"
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 212 (2021) — REMAKE NMSU- CARLSBAD AS COMMUNITY COLLEGE

## 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/HB0212.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0212.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Brown, Cathrynn N. — primary (person)
- Townsend, James G. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** Sent to House Local Government, Land Grants & Cultural Affairs Committee & House Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION committee report adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Sent to Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** 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/3ccddab4-2394-4140-a416-a40d1ab5309b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).