---
type: "Bill"
title: "OPPORTUNITY ENTERPRISE ACT"
description: "OPPORTUNITY ENTERPRISE ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7"
citation: "New Mexico HB 7 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FINANCE", "PUBLIC", "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dixon, Meredith A.", "Egolf, Brian", "Martínez, Javier", "Serrato, Linda"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13bcf665-113b-44ed-87b0-121e0b6c94f2"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=7&year=22"
source_hash: "4e1800fa16dff1596b372c83a721078313cf43549fbf112a33899668d9649b06"
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 7 (2022) — OPPORTUNITY ENTERPRISE 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/22%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0007.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/final/HB0007.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/bills/house/HB0007.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Dixon, Meredith A. — primary (person)
- Egolf, Brian — primary (person)
- Martínez, Javier — primary (person)
- Serrato, Linda — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2022-02-03** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-24** germane & printed
- **2022-01-24** referred to House Commerce & Economic Development Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** passed Senate `passage`
- **2022-02-12** floor substitute adopted (2 amendment)
- **2022-02-12** passed House `passage`
- **2022-02-12** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **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/13bcf665-113b-44ed-87b0-121e0b6c94f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).