---
type: "Bill"
title: "DEPT. OF DEFENSE MILITARY RECOMMENDATIONS"
description: "DEPT. OF DEFENSE MILITARY RECOMMENDATIONS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 302"
citation: "New Mexico HB 302 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "MILITARY AFFAIRS (national guard", "vets)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Block, John", "Garcia, Harry", "Ivey-Soto, Daniel A.", "Martinez, Alan T.", "Sariñana, Debra M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe9e290c-1346-427f-b1da-a9108249c2a0"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=302&year=24"
source_hash: "b0fed6c5120f1407bcc7a81c60ec4934dfb557b48deeed96bc948f1dc9394e1e"
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 302 (2024) — DEPT. OF DEFENSE MILITARY RECOMMENDATIONS

## 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/HB0302.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/bills/house/HB0302.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Block, John — primary (person)
- Garcia, Harry — primary (person)
- Ivey-Soto, Daniel A. — primary (person)
- Martinez, Alan T. — primary (person)
- Sariñana, Debra M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-31** Sent to House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee & House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-10** passed House `passage`
- **2024-02-10** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** 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/fe9e290c-1346-427f-b1da-a9108249c2a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).