---
type: "Bill"
title: "DISPOSITION OF DECEASED NEXT OF KIN"
description: "DISPOSITION OF DECEASED NEXT OF KIN"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 407"
citation: "New Mexico HB 407 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MISCELLANEOUS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anyanonu, Janelle", "Johnson, D. Wonda"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a8c9662-b390-41f1-b07f-52cf2d1ac146"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=407&year=23"
source_hash: "985d41a04c7bfce9ba63f9dc77eeef61efee07554694450148b84b930cf5cbd8"
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 407 (2023) — DISPOSITION OF DECEASED NEXT OF KIN

## 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/HB0407.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/HB0407.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0407.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Anyanonu, Janelle — primary (person)
- Johnson, D. Wonda — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-06** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2023-03-09** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Sent to Senate Judiciary 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/5a8c9662-b390-41f1-b07f-52cf2d1ac146`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).