---
type: "Bill"
title: "STRENGTHEN GUARDIANSHIP PROVIDER OVERSIGHT"
description: "STRENGTHEN GUARDIANSHIP PROVIDER OVERSIGHT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 234"
citation: "New Mexico HB 234 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS (marriage", "divorce", "custody", "support)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duhigg, Katy M.", "Ferrary, Joanne J.", "Lopez, Linda M.", "Matthews, Marian", "Ortiz y Pino, Gerald"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6efe3041-40e8-42c3-b08c-dfb1537695fb"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=234&year=21"
source_hash: "545268cbd6aa60d328b6c40d037394d320c851768cb6b51dc8879aaa385d4d52"
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 234 (2021) — STRENGTHEN GUARDIANSHIP PROVIDER OVERSIGHT

## 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/HB0234.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/HB0234.PDF)
3. **SG substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0234SGS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0234.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Duhigg, Katy M. — primary (person)
- Ferrary, Joanne J. — primary (person)
- Lopez, Linda M. — primary (person)
- Matthews, Marian — primary (person)
- Ortiz y Pino, Gerald — 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 Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2021-03-09** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2021-03-09** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-18** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-19** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2021-03-10** Sent to Senate Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6efe3041-40e8-42c3-b08c-dfb1537695fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).