---
type: "Bill"
title: "EMERGENCY SUSPENSION OF TRUCKING LAWS"
description: "EMERGENCY SUSPENSION OF TRUCKING LAWS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 270"
citation: "New Mexico HB 270 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES (autos", "trucks", "buses", "cycles)", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia, Harry"]
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/4c7efeb0-3822-4f01-874e-ac710f9a1a96"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=270&year=23"
source_hash: "6e72f3030163ad7c48fbebfa741aff22baaaa58d1486524bc4b0957a440033f4"
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 270 (2023) — EMERGENCY SUSPENSION OF TRUCKING LAWS

## 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/HB0270.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0270.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Garcia, Harry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** Sent to House Transportation, Public Works & Capital Improvements Committee & House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-25** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-12** DO PASS 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/4c7efeb0-3822-4f01-874e-ac710f9a1a96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).