---
type: "Bill"
title: "RENAME TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION ACT"
description: "RENAME TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 401"
citation: "New Mexico HB 401 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baca, Brian G."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/701b2907-7a72-4d0c-b8ce-57a70000f1fb"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=401&year=23"
source_hash: "8e0555b4860e922513346df832cdd8ce797a7ad5a0b85636642254edf43005a9"
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 401 (2023) — RENAME TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION ACT

## 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/HB0401.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0401.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Baca, Brian G. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** Sent to House Education Committee & House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-15** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Sent to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **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/701b2907-7a72-4d0c-b8ce-57a70000f1fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).