---
type: "Bill"
title: "NATIVE AMERICAN POLLING PLACE PROTECTION"
description: "NATIVE AMERICAN POLLING PLACE PROTECTION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 231"
citation: "New Mexico HB 231 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allison, Anthony", "Johnson, D. Wonda", "Lente, Derrick J.", "Louis, Georgene", "Shendo, Benny, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/646d77e5-1c0b-470f-8dfb-2a0c6b8a51ec"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=231&year=21"
source_hash: "bb3258de123b3dc2168913ba3f8e235c66f15a44471ac6f5353eacf7c623ea68"
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 231 (2021) — NATIVE AMERICAN POLLING PLACE PROTECTION

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendments in Context** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0231.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/HB0231.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0231.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Allison, Anthony — primary (person)
- Johnson, D. Wonda — primary (person)
- Lente, Derrick J. — primary (person)
- Louis, Georgene — primary (person)
- Shendo, Benny, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** Sent to House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2021-03-02** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-20** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2021-03-16** DO PASS, as amended, 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/646d77e5-1c0b-470f-8dfb-2a0c6b8a51ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).