---
type: "Bill"
title: "EARLY CHILDHOOD DEPT. TRIBAL AGREEMENTS"
description: "EARLY CHILDHOOD DEPT. TRIBAL AGREEMENTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 148"
citation: "New Mexico HB 148 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENT", "NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lente, Derrick J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b28a25dc-75d6-4ba5-91ec-02396903d5e5"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=148&year=23"
source_hash: "36300efe8fcdc825e06abf5d97b43750cab419f51a125165fc8b4ba750377b8d"
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 148 (2023) — EARLY CHILDHOOD DEPT. TRIBAL AGREEMENTS

## 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/HB0148.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0148.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Lente, Derrick J. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee & House Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** passed House `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Sent to Senate Education Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-10** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b28a25dc-75d6-4ba5-91ec-02396903d5e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).