---
type: "Bill"
title: "CREATIVE INDUSTRIES DIVISION IN EDD"
description: "CREATIVE INDUSTRIES DIVISION IN EDD"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 8"
citation: "New Mexico HB 8 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CULTURAL AFFAIRS (arts", "museums", "libraries)", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, D. Wonda", "Lujan, Tara L.", "Steinborn, Jeff", "Szczepanski, Reena"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b469cb79-a29b-455b-9a46-97cfd07b2bbd"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=8&year=23"
source_hash: "cff0a072c9594f1952657fd474c106a5a5fa6e6b04e81e155f0928c247ad1cbf"
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 8 (2023) — CREATIVE INDUSTRIES DIVISION IN EDD

## 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/HB0008.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/HB0008.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0008.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Johnson, D. Wonda — primary (person)
- Lujan, Tara L. — primary (person)
- Steinborn, Jeff — primary (person)
- Szczepanski, Reena — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Sent to House Commerce & Economic Development Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** passed House `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **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/b469cb79-a29b-455b-9a46-97cfd07b2bbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).