---
type: "Bill"
title: "TELECOMM ACT \"CRAMMING\" DEFINITION"
description: "TELECOMM ACT \"CRAMMING\" DEFINITION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 170"
citation: "New Mexico HB 170 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UTILITIES (sewer", "electric", "gas", "water", "telephone)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong, Gail", "Romero, Andrea"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88b17886-98e7-4289-ae74-873a85c91108"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=170&year=23"
source_hash: "34f53ac94a7269333eac851d8414528ffae71f3fa1f2725a2a49320121991f39"
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 170 (2023) — TELECOMM ACT "CRAMMING" DEFINITION

## 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/HB0170.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0170.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Armstrong, Gail — primary (person)
- Romero, Andrea — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Commerce & Economic Development Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** passed House `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-10** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88b17886-98e7-4289-ae74-873a85c91108`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).