---
type: "Bill"
title: "UTILITY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM HARDENING"
description: "UTILITY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM HARDENING"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 245"
citation: "New Mexico HB 245 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES", "UTILITIES (sewer", "electric", "gas", "water", "telephone)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Louis, Georgene"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19865286-1a2f-405b-baa1-0274f79971cf"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=245&year=21"
source_hash: "116ed433850a5b41b16eb049a5640c4ab0fc5c0be534cb2df7252cd0c064f8c3"
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 245 (2021) — UTILITY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM HARDENING

## 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/HB0245.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0245.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Louis, Georgene — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** Sent to House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** passed House `passage`
- **2021-02-17** Sent to Senate Conservation Committee & Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-14** DO PASS 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/19865286-1a2f-405b-baa1-0274f79971cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).