---
type: "Bill"
title: "FAMILY REPRESENTATION AND ADVOCACY ACT"
description: "FAMILY REPRESENTATION AND ADVOCACY ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 46"
citation: "New Mexico HB 46 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS (marriage", "divorce", "custody", "support)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chasey, Gail", "Lopez, Linda M."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bac2f08-703e-4931-bc9d-4a5005ebcd19"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=46&year=22"
source_hash: "14bd77872a5e73c015b86dcf4cb660b777dbf8fb934498898efb72c5460f039a"
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 46 (2022) — FAMILY REPRESENTATION AND ADVOCACY ACT

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CP substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/bills/house/HB0046CPS.HTML)
2. **FH substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/bills/house/HB0046FHS.HTML)
3. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/final/HB0046.PDF)
4. **HC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/bills/house/HB0046HCS.HTML)
5. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/bills/house/HB0046.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Chasey, Gail — primary (person)
- Lopez, Linda M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07** Sent to `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2022-02-07** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-02** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-16** passed Senate `passage`
- **2022-01-28** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2022-01-28** germane & printed
- **2022-01-28** referred to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** floor substitute adopted
- **2022-02-10** passed House `passage`
- **2022-02-11** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bac2f08-703e-4931-bc9d-4a5005ebcd19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).