---
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 547"
citation: "New Mexico HB 547 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TAXATION", "GROSS RECEIPTS & COMPENSATING", "TAXATION", "INCOME", "TAXATION", "OTHER (gas", "cigarettes", "etc.)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lente, Derrick J."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eac0c19d-9174-420f-b742-918cb26e4c48"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=547&year=23"
source_hash: "8e4a29ee05e52f99298666a56782b123f88fc43cf365ee88052564ee6e36a492"
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 547 (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/HB0547.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/HB0547.PDF)
3. **TR substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0547TRS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0547.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Lente, Derrick J. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2023-03-18** Senate report adopted
- **2023-03-18** House report adopted
- **2023-03-06** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16** House failed to concur in Senate amendments
- **2023-03-16** this procedure could follow if the House refuses to recede from its amendments
- **2023-03-16** Sent to Conference Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2023-03-16** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-15** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-12** floor substitute adopted (3 amendment)
- **2023-03-12** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-12** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-04** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2023-03-04** referred to House Taxation & Revenue Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eac0c19d-9174-420f-b742-918cb26e4c48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).