---
type: "Bill"
title: "AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES"
description: "AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 270"
citation: "New Mexico HB 270 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHWAYS", "ROADS & BRIDGES", "MOTOR VEHICLES (autos", "trucks", "buses", "cycles)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowder, Randal S.", "Garcia, Harry", "Garratt, Joy", "Hochman-Vigil, Dayan", "Lundstrom, Patricia A."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aeb16b0-97ea-4e3e-a0e2-0a590a6c296e"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=270&year=21"
source_hash: "d1b5127874d0e18d5df36c29c84dc88688c0611d08d289e2c7030fc14eae971c"
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 270 (2021) — AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

## 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/HB0270.pdf)
2. **CE substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0270CES.HTML)
3. **FH substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0270FHS.HTML)
4. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/HB0270.PDF)
5. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0270.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Crowder, Randal S. — primary (person)
- Garcia, Harry — primary (person)
- Garratt, Joy — primary (person)
- Hochman-Vigil, Dayan — primary (person)
- Lundstrom, Patricia A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Sent to House Transportation, Public Works & Capital Improvements Committee & House Commerce & Economic Development Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-06** floor substitute adopted
- **2021-03-06** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-19** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2021-03-14** 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/7aeb16b0-97ea-4e3e-a0e2-0a590a6c296e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).