---
type: "Bill"
title: "SPECIAL EDUCATION OMBUD ACT"
description: "SPECIAL EDUCATION OMBUD ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 222"
citation: "New Mexico HB 222 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferrary, Joanne J.", "Hemphill, Siah Correa", "Lopez, Linda M.", "Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4c9b7fa-4d25-4f0e-b4ae-0edcc1078058"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=222&year=21"
source_hash: "a38146619d1c276c01645cc61b5ec5c07157396c2a9900ca72e0edc558d07c66"
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 222 (2021) — SPECIAL EDUCATION OMBUD ACT

## Version chain

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

1. **AF substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0222AFS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/HB0222.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0222.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Ferrary, Joanne J. — primary (person)
- Hemphill, Siah Correa — primary (person)
- Lopez, Linda M. — primary (person)
- Thomson, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** Sent to House Education Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-03** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4c9b7fa-4d25-4f0e-b4ae-0edcc1078058`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).