---
type: "Bill"
title: "FOREST CONSERVATION ACT AMENDMENTS"
description: "FOREST CONSERVATION ACT AMENDMENTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 195"
citation: "New Mexico HB 195 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENT", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McQueen, Matthew", "Nibert, Greg", "Woods, Pat"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94f6170b-440b-4c0a-b028-f3b318e93602"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=195&year=23"
source_hash: "d9ec3ed1fa968599d0a7b14244772eed5921e223eb43feccbdc6c1eb616ccf94"
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 195 (2023) — FOREST CONSERVATION ACT AMENDMENTS

## 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/HB0195.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/HB0195.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0195.HTML)

## Sponsors

- McQueen, Matthew — primary (person)
- Nibert, Greg — primary (person)
- Woods, Pat — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Sent to House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2023-02-28** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2023-02-17** passed House `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Sent to Senate Conservation Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94f6170b-440b-4c0a-b028-f3b318e93602`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).