---
type: "Bill"
title: "ETHICS COMMISSION & SEC. OF STATE DUTIES"
description: "ETHICS COMMISSION & SEC. OF STATE DUTIES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 244"
citation: "New Mexico HB 244 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "OFFICERS & EMPLOYEES", "PUBLIC", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ely, Daymon", "Nibert, Greg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5882fd3-fc20-44fe-be43-4b2a5412bb9e"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=244&year=21"
source_hash: "e20e04bc4d1b41a45da8765a3229f6c11ffa15725823739b3c7261e8d4e06113"
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 244 (2021) — ETHICS COMMISSION & SEC. OF STATE DUTIES

## 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/HB0244.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/HB0244.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0244.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Ely, Daymon — primary (person)
- Nibert, Greg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** Sent to House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-09** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Sent to Senate Rules Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-13** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-16** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **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/a5882fd3-fc20-44fe-be43-4b2a5412bb9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).