---
type: "Bill"
title: "FORESTRY DIVISION PROCUREMENT EXEMPTION"
description: "FORESTRY DIVISION PROCUREMENT EXEMPTION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 206"
citation: "New Mexico SB 206 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS & INDUSTRY", "ENVIRONMENT", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hamblen, Carrie", "McQueen, Matthew", "Woods, Pat"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d5cc8ac-4aa3-46fe-9426-67cd1d7a49c8"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=206&year=23"
source_hash: "85274b1109219ebf92363008bb02a71156703cb6b9d451be5b1c003e2217db77"
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 SB 206 (2023) — FORESTRY DIVISION PROCUREMENT EXEMPTION

## Version chain

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

1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/SB0206.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0206.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Hamblen, Carrie — primary (person)
- McQueen, Matthew — primary (person)
- Woods, Pat — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Sent to Senate Conservation Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-25** Sent to House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee & House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-07** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-11** 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/4d5cc8ac-4aa3-46fe-9426-67cd1d7a49c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).