---
type: "Bill"
title: "NONTRADITIONAL COMMUNICATION REGISTRY"
description: "NONTRADITIONAL COMMUNICATION REGISTRY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 40"
citation: "New Mexico HB 40 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABILITIES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT (sheriffs", "police)", "MOTOR VEHICLES (autos", "trucks", "buses", "cycles)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d616d9de-818c-4025-867c-675ac0016fdb"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=40&year=23"
source_hash: "a482e494a3a1ba148a56fa164a906116379676724b84bc524e57f7ac26a910f9"
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 40 (2023) — NONTRADITIONAL COMMUNICATION REGISTRY

## 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/HB0040.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/HB0040.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0040.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Thomson, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** passed House `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **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/d616d9de-818c-4025-867c-675ac0016fdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).