---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE"
description: "PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 527"
citation: "New Mexico HB 527 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOL & DRUGS", "FINANCE", "PUBLIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Herndon, Pamelya", "Lujan, Tara L."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16ff669f-08df-478e-91e2-a81e6ffef524"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=527&year=23"
source_hash: "6df9a9d4b77bf0d8db4e33c081bb3f34d7a8fd5382a32b38f45cfa90c959b919"
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 527 (2023) — PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE

## 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/HB0527.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/HB0527.PDF)
3. **HC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0527HCS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0527.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Herndon, Pamelya — primary (person)
- Lujan, Tara L. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-27** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2023-02-27** referred to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2023-03-16** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-15** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Sent to Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-04** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **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/16ff669f-08df-478e-91e2-a81e6ffef524`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).