---
type: "Bill"
title: "ALIGN SCHOOL READING MATERIALS"
description: "ALIGN SCHOOL READING MATERIALS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 481"
citation: "New Mexico HB 481 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lane, T. Ryan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76bbc42e-9d12-464e-b0b6-03d0551d7844"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=481&year=23"
source_hash: "480652f33e2027005e215e29e799a8c6b391f2749af8ef2d871c1d1dc1457117"
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 481 (2023) — ALIGN SCHOOL READING MATERIALS

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **EC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0481ECS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/HB0481.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0481.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Lane, T. Ryan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Sent to House Education Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Sent to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-13** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-04** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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/76bbc42e-9d12-464e-b0b6-03d0551d7844`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).