---
type: "Bill"
title: "NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED PROGRAM UNITS"
description: "NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED PROGRAM UNITS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 181"
citation: "New Mexico HB 181 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferrary, Joanne J.", "Sariñana, Debra M.", "Soules, William P.", "Trujillo, Christine"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7434f68-a26b-4232-aafb-56cef86060db"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=181&year=23"
source_hash: "1914031b13d1bd9033f75dc543bd12f89f06f19813d600a4c7b83e1766cbe855"
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 181 (2023) — NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED PROGRAM UNITS

## 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/HB0181.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0181.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Ferrary, Joanne J. — primary (person)
- Sariñana, Debra M. — primary (person)
- Soules, William P. — primary (person)
- Trujillo, Christine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-24** Sent to House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee & House Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** passed House `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Sent to Senate Education Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** passed Senate `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/b7434f68-a26b-4232-aafb-56cef86060db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).