---
type: "Bill"
title: "PRESCRIBED BURNING ACT"
description: "PRESCRIBED BURNING ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 57"
citation: "New Mexico HB 57 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES", "ENVIRONMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong, Gail", "McQueen, Matthew", "Wirth, Peter", "Woods, Pat"]
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/53be5605-d0bb-4eea-ac0f-3534226b7325"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=57&year=21"
source_hash: "c04676efa7bc3071c44394322d87556a54ff099897faa908490a7a5bdcb92fe3"
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 57 (2021) — PRESCRIBED BURNING 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/HB0057.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/HB0057.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0057.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Armstrong, Gail — primary (person)
- McQueen, Matthew — primary (person)
- Wirth, Peter — primary (person)
- Woods, Pat — 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 Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** passed House `passage`
- **2021-02-11** Sent to Senate Conservation Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-13** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-11** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53be5605-d0bb-4eea-ac0f-3534226b7325`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).