---
type: "Bill"
title: "GOV'T ACCOUNTABILITY TRUST & FUND"
description: "GOV'T ACCOUNTABILITY TRUST & FUND"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 196"
citation: "New Mexico HB 196 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FINANCE", "PUBLIC", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Small, Nathan P."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41982ad0-77c8-499c-9af9-58e527528a20"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=196&year=24"
source_hash: "31a1a374971db4cc665c4e0c9666aac11b895635136ddaa15e74e5bc8ec81e2a"
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 196 (2024) — GOV'T ACCOUNTABILITY TRUST & FUND

## Version chain

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

1. **AF substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/bills/house/HB0196AFS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/final/HB0196.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/bills/house/HB0196.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **39–28** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Small, Nathan P. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** Sent to House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-09** passed House `passage`
- **2024-02-09** Sent to Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-01** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-13** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41982ad0-77c8-499c-9af9-58e527528a20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).