---
type: "Bill"
title: "SOCIAL WORKER & VETERINARIAN LICENSURE"
description: "SOCIAL WORKER & VETERINARIAN LICENSURE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 384"
citation: "New Mexico HB 384 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS (fish", "livestock", "pets", "wildlife)", "LICENSURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong, Gail", "Figueroa, Natalie", "Gallegos, Doreen Y.", "Ivey-Soto, Daniel A.", "Johnson, D. Wonda"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a84b5cf-7eed-4f1f-b35b-e7da55008d37"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=384&year=23"
source_hash: "cfe7cdb8d3b0326b3385e524f54f4996f88d5984d8a9a47a7bed1aa1dc6a3918"
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 384 (2023) — SOCIAL WORKER & VETERINARIAN LICENSURE

## 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/HB0384.PDF)
2. **GE substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0384GES.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0384.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Armstrong, Gail — primary (person)
- Figueroa, Natalie — primary (person)
- Gallegos, Doreen Y. — primary (person)
- Ivey-Soto, Daniel A. — primary (person)
- Johnson, D. Wonda — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-27** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-10** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06** special
- **2023-03-16** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-08** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-10** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **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/5a84b5cf-7eed-4f1f-b35b-e7da55008d37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).