---
type: "Bill"
title: "DRIVER SAFETY AWARENESS LICENSE PLATES"
description: "DRIVER SAFETY AWARENESS LICENSE PLATES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 287"
citation: "New Mexico HB 287 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES (autos", "trucks", "buses", "cycles)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chandler, Christine"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f63d3fc-9c00-4c69-b3b9-d74ccf2203a7"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=287&year=23"
source_hash: "b4ecb30e6d76abfc31df74f14680a488210558621f8f50d83b4b6abce5bbba1f"
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 287 (2023) — DRIVER SAFETY AWARENESS LICENSE PLATES

## 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/HB0287.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/HB0287.PDF)
3. **TP substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0287TPS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0287.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Chandler, Christine — 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 Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-17** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2023-03-17** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-17** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2023-03-06** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **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/5f63d3fc-9c00-4c69-b3b9-d74ccf2203a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).