---
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 533"
citation: "New Mexico HB 533 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Figueroa, Natalie", "Lara, Raymundo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1126ad07-2abd-4da2-bed5-807c28ff6a9d"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=533&year=23"
source_hash: "37d25f7170a694cb1581ed10bdee434c8d98e6676666c55330462165d4410626"
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 533 (2023) — PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE

## Version chain

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

1. **AF substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0533AFS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/HB0533.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0533.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Figueroa, Natalie — primary (person)
- Lara, Raymundo — 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- **2023-02-27** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`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 Appropriations & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2023-03-06** Sent to Senate Education Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-04** passed House `passage`
- **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/1126ad07-2abd-4da2-bed5-807c28ff6a9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).