---
type: "Bill"
title: "METRO DEVELOPMENT ACT CHANGES"
description: "METRO DEVELOPMENT ACT CHANGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 251"
citation: "New Mexico SB 251 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "TAXATION", "GROSS RECEIPTS & COMPENSATING", "TAXATION", "PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandt, Craig W.", "Hamblen, Carrie", "Kernan, Gay G.", "Ortez, Kristina"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65d845a1-c177-4ee7-ba2d-e32c2274db11"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=251&year=23"
source_hash: "fc4d11156ffa03de4ceb08c81a7d312bb5c2f7091e3ccf81ecac66c298b2a88c"
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 251 (2023) — METRO DEVELOPMENT ACT CHANGES

## 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/SB0251.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/SB0251.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0251.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Brandt, Craig W. — primary (person)
- Hamblen, Carrie — primary (person)
- Kernan, Gay G. — primary (person)
- Ortez, Kristina — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-13** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2023-03-13** referred to House Taxation & Revenue Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Sent to House Commerce & Economic Development Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65d845a1-c177-4ee7-ba2d-e32c2274db11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).