---
type: "Bill"
title: "EMPLOYEE LEASING BENEFIT PLANS"
description: "EMPLOYEE LEASING BENEFIT PLANS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 255"
citation: "New Mexico HB 255 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYER & EMPLOYEE (including workers' comp)", "HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Serrato, Linda"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7709a19-fe91-4645-9515-451a44138124"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=255&year=23"
source_hash: "9242be8e90511f08476da04860431c888059cf91cf51fc2bcec2a6ef6cc05eb7"
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 255 (2023) — EMPLOYEE LEASING BENEFIT PLANS

## 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/HB0255.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/HB0255.PDF)
3. **LV substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0255LVS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0255.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Serrato, Linda — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Sent to House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee & House Commerce & Economic Development Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** passed House `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-17** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2023-03-16** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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/b7709a19-fe91-4645-9515-451a44138124`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).