---
type: "Bill"
title: "TEACHER VOCATIONAL ED LICENSURE TRACK"
description: "TEACHER VOCATIONAL ED LICENSURE TRACK"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 417"
citation: "New Mexico SB 417 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandt, Craig W."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b269935d-e527-45cb-8637-347f7ebfee41"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=417&year=23"
source_hash: "a2a43f69b87d988b08dccd0d72b8ef536c04a6c8c6920bba30e324c5254e9524"
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 417 (2023) — TEACHER VOCATIONAL ED LICENSURE TRACK

## Version chain

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

1. **FS substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0417FSS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/SB0417.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0417.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Brandt, Craig W. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** floor substitute adopted
- **2023-03-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-17** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Sent to House Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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/b269935d-e527-45cb-8637-347f7ebfee41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).