---
type: "Bill"
title: "HOME INSPECTOR LICENSING EXAMINATION CHANGES"
description: "HOME INSPECTOR LICENSING EXAMINATION CHANGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 115"
citation: "New Mexico HB 115 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS & INDUSTRY", "LICENSURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cates, Kathleen", "Ferrary, Joanne J."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a4dcb47-261d-4aa6-b070-831342f6b7e6"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=115&year=23"
source_hash: "41cb837fdca9a5dddb48b6daaedecab05b89698806162f6bfab6d720f3c17d4a"
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 115 (2023) — HOME INSPECTOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 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/23%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0115.pdf)
2. **CE substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0115CES.HTML)
3. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/HB0115.PDF)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0115.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Cates, Kathleen — primary (person)
- Ferrary, Joanne J. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Sent to House Commerce & Economic Development Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-25** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** passed House `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-12** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a4dcb47-261d-4aa6-b070-831342f6b7e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).