---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC SAFETY RETIREES RETURNING TO WORK"
description: "PUBLIC SAFETY RETIREES RETURNING TO WORK"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 236"
citation: "New Mexico HB 236 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT (sheriffs", "police)", "OFFICERS & EMPLOYEES", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC SAFETY (emergency services", "etc.)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chasey, Gail", "Lane, T. Ryan", "Martinez, Alan T.", "Stewart, Mimi", "Terrazas, Luis M."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ba38f88-2bab-4a58-96ea-4fc9f13628b2"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=236&year=24"
source_hash: "659202e8c986538b9f63e52e1c29833852d3a1e2d45baf2ca6167b4ed0a4f75d"
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 236 (2024) — PUBLIC SAFETY RETIREES RETURNING TO WORK

## 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/24%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0236.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/final/HB0236.PDF)
3. **LV substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/bills/house/HB0236LVS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/bills/house/HB0236.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **56–7** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **33–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chasey, Gail — primary (person)
- Lane, T. Ryan — primary (person)
- Martinez, Alan T. — primary (person)
- Stewart, Mimi — primary (person)
- Terrazas, Luis M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** Sent to House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-02** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-11** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** floor substitute adopted (2 amendment)
- **2024-02-10** passed House `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-14** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ba38f88-2bab-4a58-96ea-4fc9f13628b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).