---
type: "Bill"
title: "WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT & APPRENTICESHIP FUND"
description: "WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT & APPRENTICESHIP FUND"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5"
citation: "New Mexico HB 5 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE (programs)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cates, Kathleen", "Chandler, Christine", "Garratt, Joy", "Hemphill, Siah Correa", "Padilla, Michael"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-02-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2532dfbe-431e-4632-8b2b-22207c9cc591"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=5&year=24"
source_hash: "01b3fe2871d76db28a76c4cf70535e1f4f5c3aea22b0ea1c462cb0a42010c2a6"
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 5 (2024) — WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT & APPRENTICESHIP 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/HB0005AFS.HTML)
2. **Amendments in Context** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0005.pdf)
3. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/final/HB0005.PDF)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/bills/house/HB0005.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **33–8** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **63–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cates, Kathleen — primary (person)
- Chandler, Christine — primary (person)
- Garratt, Joy — primary (person)
- Hemphill, Siah Correa — primary (person)
- Padilla, Michael — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-04** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Sent to House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-02** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-03** passed House `passage`
- **2024-02-05** Sent to Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2532dfbe-431e-4632-8b2b-22207c9cc591`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).