---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS LICENSE PLATE"
description: "CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS LICENSE PLATE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 141"
citation: "New Mexico HB 141 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT (sheriffs", "police)", "MOTOR VEHICLES (autos", "trucks", "buses", "cycles)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ezzell, Candy Spence", "Nibert, Greg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/034aba1a-f2a3-43ec-aebb-85a1af877d61"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=141&year=23"
source_hash: "c971fb01eb35efde891319a49c46ff8380558a31374ccbe7decf9c38c6fdde7a"
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 141 (2023) — CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS LICENSE PLATE

## Version chain

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

1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/HB0141.PDF)
2. **TP substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0141TPS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0141.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Ezzell, Candy Spence — primary (person)
- Nibert, Greg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Sent to House Transportation, Public Works & Capital Improvements Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-17** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **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/034aba1a-f2a3-43ec-aebb-85a1af877d61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).