---
type: "Bill"
title: "INCREASE FREE FISHING DAYS"
description: "INCREASE FREE FISHING DAYS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 197"
citation: "New Mexico HB 197 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS (fish", "livestock", "pets", "wildlife)", "CULTURAL AFFAIRS (arts", "museums", "libraries)", "PARKS", "MONUMENTS & RECREATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallegos, Doreen Y.", "Lara, Raymundo", "Lundstrom, Patricia A.", "Madrid, Willie D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec2a7bab-2e17-4f8b-87cf-da917e24c0e6"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=197&year=23"
source_hash: "0b1e222ffdcc1cb5c16a0c897746c848f89aaaa32c822105ca7e08a95493c68b"
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 197 (2023) — INCREASE FREE FISHING DAYS

## 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/HB0197.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0197.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Gallegos, Doreen Y. — primary (person)
- Lara, Raymundo — primary (person)
- Lundstrom, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Madrid, Willie D. — 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`
- **2023-02-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** Sent to Senate Conservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-07** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** 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/ec2a7bab-2e17-4f8b-87cf-da917e24c0e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).