---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC RETIREE BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION"
description: "PUBLIC RETIREE BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 277"
citation: "New Mexico HB 277 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["OFFICERS & EMPLOYEES", "PUBLIC", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Jason C."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/123e6089-0bfc-4c02-a807-5e0c97dc2212"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=277&year=21"
source_hash: "7e8b762e19b997f5c59c8654ab9bc3ccff1de67d1bf244a5ab33af3d732c5562"
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 277 (2021) — PUBLIC RETIREE BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

## 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/HB0277.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/HB0277.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0277.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Harper, Jason C. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Sent to House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-06** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** 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/123e6089-0bfc-4c02-a807-5e0c97dc2212`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).