---
type: "Bill"
title: "BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE"
description: "BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 160"
citation: "New Mexico HB 160 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHWAYS", "ROADS & BRIDGES", "PUBLIC LANDS", "UTILITIES (sewer", "electric", "gas", "water", "telephone)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong, Gail", "Chandler, Christine", "Figueroa, Natalie", "Padilla, Michael"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1eb7c47-630d-4e0e-a88c-98500158bcf5"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=160&year=23"
source_hash: "b6502f07e1044d367181cbc4c0fd4db5f6a22f483de1e03780cc78e99052415a"
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 160 (2023) — BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE

## 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/HB0160.PDF)
2. **RD substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0160RDS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0160.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Armstrong, Gail — primary (person)
- Chandler, Christine — primary (person)
- Figueroa, Natalie — primary (person)
- Padilla, Michael — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Sent to House Rural Development, Land Grants and Cultural Affairs Committee & House Transportation, Public Works & Capital Improvements Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** passed House `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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/a1eb7c47-630d-4e0e-a88c-98500158bcf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).