---
type: "Bill"
title: "SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE PROCEDURES"
description: "SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE PROCEDURES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 251"
citation: "New Mexico HB 251 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES (autos", "trucks", "buses", "cycles)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burt, William F.", "Duncan, Mark", "Lundstrom, Patricia A.", "Terrazas, Luis M.", "Vincent, Harlan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6985aa58-e0de-4158-9a83-3e746864c004"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=251&year=24"
source_hash: "0e73a654e4ddc44c12979cd5d64ee3403c76b654af743b46d13723a12abdc6f2"
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 251 (2024) — SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE PROCEDURES

## Version chain

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

1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/final/HB0251.PDF)
2. **RD substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/bills/house/HB0251RDS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/bills/house/HB0251.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **62–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burt, William F. — primary (person)
- Duncan, Mark — primary (person)
- Lundstrom, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Terrazas, Luis M. — primary (person)
- Vincent, Harlan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2024-01-26** withdrawn printed germane prefile `withdrawal`
- **2024-01-26** Sent to House Rural Development, Land Grants and Cultural Affairs Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-05** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-14** passed House `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6985aa58-e0de-4158-9a83-3e746864c004`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).