---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL GOV'T & REFRIGERANT USE BANS"
description: "LOCAL GOV'T & REFRIGERANT USE BANS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 379"
citation: "New Mexico HB 379 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong, Gail", "Castellano, Ambrose", "Dixon, Meredith A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f74611a8-b20a-45c5-965e-7440d19bee02"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=379&year=23"
source_hash: "54b2c385a127b2906ab2584252e7fc74eaccd63dfd457344a90555f9b29faa33"
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 379 (2023) — LOCAL GOV'T & REFRIGERANT USE BANS

## 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/HB0379.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/HB0379.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0379.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Armstrong, Gail — primary (person)
- Castellano, Ambrose — primary (person)
- Dixon, Meredith A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-17** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2023-03-11** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-12** Sent to Senate Conservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-04** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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/f74611a8-b20a-45c5-965e-7440d19bee02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).