---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOTTERY FOR HOME SCHOOL STUDENTS"
description: "LOTTERY FOR HOME SCHOOL STUDENTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 234"
citation: "New Mexico SB 234 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pirtle, Cliff R."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ea4568d-3a40-42e4-90ed-f717a280a96d"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=234&year=21"
source_hash: "c456eb78908b4ba9047f14300b725bfedaa09cb1c8d09c17fa8b703e2afc15e9"
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 SB 234 (2021) — LOTTERY FOR HOME SCHOOL STUDENTS

## 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/SB0234.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/SB0234.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0234.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Pirtle, Cliff R. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** Sent to Senate Education Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-13** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-14** Sent to House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** DO PASS 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/5ea4568d-3a40-42e4-90ed-f717a280a96d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).