---
type: "Bill"
title: "NMMI LEGISLATIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM"
description: "NMMI LEGISLATIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 145"
citation: "New Mexico HB 145 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "OTHER", "LEGISLATURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ezzell, Candy Spence", "Nibert, Greg", "Pettigrew, Randall T."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8c46a9f-a498-4407-a72e-b088715c90cc"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=145&year=23"
source_hash: "e248fe76ddf155af5da9a296917d9fd62f83358d017bf7df6aaf0f28b06c58cd"
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 145 (2023) — NMMI LEGISLATIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

## 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/HB0145.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0145.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Ezzell, Candy Spence — primary (person)
- Nibert, Greg — primary (person)
- Pettigrew, Randall T. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-23** Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee & House Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-25** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** passed House `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Sent to Senate Education Committee & Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-10** 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/b8c46a9f-a498-4407-a72e-b088715c90cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).