---
type: "Bill"
title: "ENVIRONMENTAL DATABASE ACT"
description: "ENVIRONMENTAL DATABASE ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 51"
citation: "New Mexico HB 51 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENT", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chasey, Gail", "Louis, Georgene", "Stewart, Mimi"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10ffe7ab-ab05-416e-9d72-7324a79f9d6d"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=51&year=21"
source_hash: "5a8060b03442a08b3d9126ac48c491394fac9d65c5a1942d5c69d580a98d2a80"
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 51 (2021) — ENVIRONMENTAL DATABASE 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/HB0051.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/HB0051.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0051.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Chasey, Gail — primary (person)
- Louis, Georgene — primary (person)
- Stewart, Mimi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** 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 Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** passed House `passage`
- **2021-02-17** Sent to Senate Conservation Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **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/10ffe7ab-ab05-416e-9d72-7324a79f9d6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).