---
type: "Bill"
title: "RESTRICTED LICENSE EXPERTS"
description: "RESTRICTED LICENSE EXPERTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 267"
citation: "New Mexico HB 267 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES (autos", "trucks", "buses", "cycles)", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia, Harry", "Harper, Jason C."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f37ae13-144e-41e6-a0a3-2a15210d9b1b"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=267&year=23"
source_hash: "9eef166892d08bb84c19505bec155c6979a56085d66379b3364f9a4bbf915de4"
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 267 (2023) — RESTRICTED LICENSE EXPERTS

## 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/HB0267.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0267.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Garcia, Harry — primary (person)
- Harper, Jason C. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Taxation & Revenue Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-25** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-08** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **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/5f37ae13-144e-41e6-a0a3-2a15210d9b1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).