---
type: "Bill"
title: "DISPLACED WORKER ELIGIBILITY"
description: "DISPLACED WORKER ELIGIBILITY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 449"
citation: "New Mexico HB 449 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM", "EMPLOYER & EMPLOYEE (including workers' comp)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allison, Anthony", "Duncan, P. Mark", "Lane, T. Ryan", "Montoya, Rod"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a6a3fcb-4830-40e3-aa2f-f89726ae8878"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=449&year=23"
source_hash: "914d8fb115b1a239461b0e6d34cbc6f9a69c7ea75b221fb9c5acc6887aa38478"
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 449 (2023) — DISPLACED WORKER ELIGIBILITY

## 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/HB0449.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0449.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Allison, Anthony — primary (person)
- Duncan, P. Mark — primary (person)
- Lane, T. Ryan — primary (person)
- Montoya, Rod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-27** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** Sent to House Commerce & Economic Development Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-06** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a6a3fcb-4830-40e3-aa2f-f89726ae8878`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).