---
type: "Bill"
title: "NO SCHOOL DISCRIMINATION FOR HAIR"
description: "NO SCHOOL DISCRIMINATION FOR HAIR"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 29"
citation: "New Mexico HB 29 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roybal Caballero, Patricia", "Stapleton, Sheryl Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a5ddb40-4e0e-4c4a-8a79-6a6383aa04e6"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=29&year=21"
source_hash: "9cd5ddfdb7dab702ffa4d9b9bd8bc9ba26a454162d3bc9d43e70b4ce133d8010"
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 29 (2021) — NO SCHOOL DISCRIMINATION FOR HAIR

## 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/HB0029.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/HB0029.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0029.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Roybal Caballero, Patricia — primary (person)
- Stapleton, Sheryl Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-19** Sent to House Education Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** Sent to Senate Education Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a5ddb40-4e0e-4c4a-8a79-6a6383aa04e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).