---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE"
description: "PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 15"
citation: "New Mexico HB 15 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS (marriage", "divorce", "custody", "support)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chávez, Eleanor", "Gurrola, Yanira", "Lopez, Linda M.", "Romero, Andrea", "Sedillo Lopez, Antoinette"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f155589d-1be8-476a-99a8-0d0c26a626e0"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=15&year=23"
source_hash: "428d111f019d936cc1aac8e5bdd417b335d5b5150f9fac294c16228a897833f5"
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 15 (2023) — PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE

## 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/HB0015.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/HB0015.PDF)
3. **JC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0015JCS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0015.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Chávez, Eleanor — primary (person)
- Gurrola, Yanira — primary (person)
- Lopez, Linda M. — primary (person)
- Romero, Andrea — primary (person)
- Sedillo Lopez, Antoinette — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2023-03-07** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2023-03-07** referred to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-18** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-18** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-11** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-12** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2023-03-12** passed House `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f155589d-1be8-476a-99a8-0d0c26a626e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).