---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL CODE CHANGES"
description: "CRIMINAL CODE CHANGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 68"
citation: "New Mexico HB 68 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES & PENALTIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dixon, Meredith A.", "Herndon, Pamelya", "Matthews, Marian"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-14"
last_action: "2022-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f5621a6-4933-4f6a-80e5-6d0fd8726edd"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=68&year=22"
source_hash: "60f51d5ed1ba5e3fed99d1a4b4b4d991c03e171e96f39b86bea606cf5e4e6443"
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 68 (2022) — CRIMINAL CODE CHANGES

## 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/22%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0068.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/final/HB0068.PDF)
3. **JC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/bills/house/HB0068JCS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/bills/house/HB0068.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Dixon, Meredith A. — primary (person)
- Herndon, Pamelya — primary (person)
- Matthews, Marian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-14** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** floor substitute adopted (2 amendment)
- **2022-02-17** passed Senate `passage`
- **2022-02-17** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2022-02-08** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-31** WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2022-02-12** passed House `passage`
- **2022-02-13** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f5621a6-4933-4f6a-80e5-6d0fd8726edd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).