---
type: "Bill"
title: "NM CIVIL RIGHTS ACT"
description: "NM CIVIL RIGHTS ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 4"
citation: "New Mexico HB 4 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO", "CRIMES & PENALTIES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT (sheriffs", "police)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cervantes, Joseph", "Egolf, Brian", "Louis, Georgene"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/230fb9d8-8792-4c98-80bb-bd16a61ef1dd"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=4&year=21"
source_hash: "55b4b6ae3a649e01155041baae26b99c3c43158c4fd3b07b03f1bba0d4f49b7e"
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 4 (2021) — NM CIVIL RIGHTS ACT

## 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/HB0004.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/HB0004.PDF)
3. **JC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0004JCS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0004.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Cervantes, Joseph — primary (person)
- Egolf, Brian — primary (person)
- Louis, Georgene — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** Sent to House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** passed House `passage`
- **2021-02-17** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2021-03-01** WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2021-03-16** floor substitute adopted (2 amendment)
- **2021-03-17** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-11** 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/230fb9d8-8792-4c98-80bb-bd16a61ef1dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).