---
type: "Bill"
title: "EARLY CHILDHOOD DEPT. BACKGROUND CHECKS"
description: "EARLY CHILDHOOD DEPT. BACKGROUND CHECKS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 337"
citation: "New Mexico HB 337 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Serrato, Linda"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfcf2c5d-4d1f-4108-a728-a9f728c8b451"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=337&year=23"
source_hash: "d06e82fbc082d671a38f7d0f4ac8b463ddb8aaa00b6b656b29e0319ab4464600"
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 337 (2023) — EARLY CHILDHOOD DEPT. BACKGROUND CHECKS

## 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/HB0337.PDF)
2. **JC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0337JCS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0337.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Serrato, Linda — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-10** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Sent to Senate Judiciary 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/cfcf2c5d-4d1f-4108-a728-a9f728c8b451`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).