---
type: "Bill"
title: "CANNABIS AS PRISON CONTRABAND"
description: "CANNABIS AS PRISON CONTRABAND"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 239"
citation: "New Mexico HB 239 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOL & DRUGS", "CORRECTIONS (prisons", "prisoners", "jails)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeb, Andrea", "Zamora, Martin R."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c1d9148-e3c2-4b4e-b935-16a30adc5ae9"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=239&year=24"
source_hash: "7d664cc2a4c793e32d1c8afa0c95e2b363cadb6f05a0b8de93f1fac8f701e9e2"
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 239 (2024) — CANNABIS AS PRISON CONTRABAND

## Version chain

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

1. **CP substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/bills/house/HB0239CPS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/final/HB0239.PDF)
3. **JC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/bills/house/HB0239JCS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/bills/house/HB0239.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **57–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reeb, Andrea — primary (person)
- Zamora, Martin R. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-02** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-12** passed House `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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/1c1d9148-e3c2-4b4e-b935-16a30adc5ae9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).