---
type: "Bill"
title: "FREE CULTURAL SERVICES FOR FOSTER FAMILIES"
description: "FREE CULTURAL SERVICES FOR FOSTER FAMILIES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 35"
citation: "New Mexico HB 35 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "CULTURAL AFFAIRS (arts", "museums", "libraries)", "PARKS", "MONUMENTS & RECREATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong, Gail", "Block, John", "Diamond, Crystal R.", "Lord, Stefani", "Terrazas, Luis M."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a78b4a9c-7a85-45f0-ac7b-5540cb22d1c4"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=35&year=23"
source_hash: "9e69f00985ae59d79ab6e7dcf607e51a27b113f9baef67ea4dd3b25ca90066fb"
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 35 (2023) — FREE CULTURAL SERVICES FOR FOSTER FAMILIES

## 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/HB0035.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/HB0035.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0035.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Armstrong, Gail — primary (person)
- Block, John — primary (person)
- Diamond, Crystal R. — primary (person)
- Lord, Stefani — primary (person)
- Terrazas, Luis M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2023-02-27** passed House `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Sent to Senate Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2023-03-13** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-10** DO PASS, as amended, 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/a78b4a9c-7a85-45f0-ac7b-5540cb22d1c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).