---
type: "Bill"
title: "LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKFORCE BUILDING FUND"
description: "LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKFORCE BUILDING FUND"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 357"
citation: "New Mexico HB 357 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES & PENALTIES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT (sheriffs", "police)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong, Gail", "Dixon, Meredith A.", "Garratt, Joy", "Hochman-Vigil, Dayan", "Lane, T. Ryan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c3f694b-1dfd-451f-ad81-509b034bbc2d"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=357&year=23"
source_hash: "75e0306587d84c114f6f044b0bc3be86635b55b775e807f8ab4b9ea530d157ed"
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 357 (2023) — LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKFORCE BUILDING FUND

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **AF substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0357AFS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/HB0357.PDF)
3. **JC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0357JCS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0357.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Armstrong, Gail — primary (person)
- Dixon, Meredith A. — primary (person)
- Garratt, Joy — primary (person)
- Hochman-Vigil, Dayan — primary (person)
- Lane, T. Ryan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** Sent to House Judiciary Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Sent to Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-11** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-04** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c3f694b-1dfd-451f-ad81-509b034bbc2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).