---
type: "Bill"
title: "BILINGUAL MULTICULTURAL ED ADVISORY COUNCIL"
description: "BILINGUAL MULTICULTURAL ED ADVISORY COUNCIL"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 52"
citation: "New Mexico HB 52 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Figueroa, Natalie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30c0f85c-5c50-43a8-90e6-1aae89628f8a"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=52&year=21"
source_hash: "8ad9a6d725b06d8db1dafbf164c2ad3998861b1f588ba2e1cd441f035665919e"
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 52 (2021) — BILINGUAL MULTICULTURAL ED ADVISORY COUNCIL

## 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/HB0052.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/HB0052.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0052.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Figueroa, Natalie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Sent to House Education Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-02** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** Sent to Senate Education Committee & Senate Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-13** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30c0f85c-5c50-43a8-90e6-1aae89628f8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).