---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT NEEDS TRUSTS"
description: "PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT NEEDS TRUSTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 304"
citation: "New Mexico HB 304 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["OFFICERS & EMPLOYEES", "PUBLIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chasey, Gail", "Lujan, Tara L.", "Ortiz y Pino, Gerald", "Stewart, Mimi", "Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9357ef11-cf89-4e02-a02e-9761267b8910"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=304&year=23"
source_hash: "f8bf9e458b491f70028f7b249e2caf6ffe5608536d0cfa934b5de154f99973f4"
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 304 (2023) — PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT NEEDS TRUSTS

## 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/HB0304.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0304.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Chasey, Gail — primary (person)
- Lujan, Tara L. — primary (person)
- Ortiz y Pino, Gerald — primary (person)
- Stewart, Mimi — primary (person)
- Thomson, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** Sent to House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9357ef11-cf89-4e02-a02e-9761267b8910`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).