---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE"
description: "PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 331"
citation: "New Mexico HB 331 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS", "FINANCE", "PUBLIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero, G. Andrés"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11a88bb6-9972-48d5-9518-7f1e76980fcc"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=331&year=21"
source_hash: "fcc21f537eba7541e8c84dbbada6c304a858a7ebe51b8541912cba084fb4948e"
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 331 (2021) — PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **EC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0331ECS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/HB0331.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0331.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Romero, G. Andrés — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2021-03-05** withdrawn printed germane prefile `withdrawal`
- **2021-03-05** Sent to `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Sent to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-15** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11a88bb6-9972-48d5-9518-7f1e76980fcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).