---
type: "Bill"
title: "HORSE BREEDER FEE DISTRIBUTIONS"
description: "HORSE BREEDER FEE DISTRIBUTIONS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 459"
citation: "New Mexico HB 459 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS (fish", "livestock", "pets", "wildlife)", "GAMING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Castellano, Ambrose", "Ezzell, Candy Spence", "Jaramillo, Tara", "Lundstrom, Patricia A.", "Sanchez, Joseph"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a7ba0ef-d025-4204-a9ba-2fd4da7b4e5f"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=459&year=23"
source_hash: "7b55795ede0a6c68f6acd3893b4025123036d0ee5448703f18ceb111b3eebbed"
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 459 (2023) — HORSE BREEDER FEE DISTRIBUTIONS

## 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/HB0459.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0459.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Castellano, Ambrose — primary (person)
- Ezzell, Candy Spence — primary (person)
- Jaramillo, Tara — primary (person)
- Lundstrom, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Joseph — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Sent to House Agriculture, Acequias & Water Resources Committee & House Commerce & Economic Development Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-18** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-04** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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/9a7ba0ef-d025-4204-a9ba-2fd4da7b4e5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).