---
type: "Bill"
title: "EXPAND HUMAN RIGHTS ACT SCOPE"
description: "EXPAND HUMAN RIGHTS ACT SCOPE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 207"
citation: "New Mexico HB 207 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hamblen, Carrie", "Ortez, Kristina", "Romero, Andrea", "Serrato, Linda", "Wirth, Peter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6296122a-0fe1-4c21-a1cf-633b0d4d5ff8"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=207&year=23"
source_hash: "b0c07400a268d2b1e08da06dcc1496535ba5bbd074cdb53097c668186aa83c16"
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 207 (2023) — EXPAND HUMAN RIGHTS ACT SCOPE

## 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/HB0207.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/HB0207.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0207.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Hamblen, Carrie — primary (person)
- Ortez, Kristina — primary (person)
- Romero, Andrea — primary (person)
- Serrato, Linda — primary (person)
- Wirth, Peter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-03** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-04** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-07** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6296122a-0fe1-4c21-a1cf-633b0d4d5ff8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).