---
type: "Bill"
title: "PER- & POLY-FLOUROALKYL PROTECTION ACT"
description: "PER- & POLY-FLOUROALKYL PROTECTION ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 212"
citation: "New Mexico HB 212 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS & INDUSTRY", "ENVIRONMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cates, Kathleen", "Ferrary, Joanne J.", "Hochman-Vigil, Dayan", "Sariñana, Debra M.", "Steinborn, Jeff"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ec6b06e-22a7-4f16-93a1-c014c37684e6"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=212&year=25"
source_hash: "0f4d484dd5e9aeee2d9a4e69abb5172a20e08765df5c150d8480bf2664fe0481"
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 212 (2025) — PER- & POLY-FLOUROALKYL PROTECTION ACT

## Version chain

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

1. **EN substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0212ENS.PDF)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/final/HB0212.PDF)
3. **JC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0212JCS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0212.HTML)
5. **substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0212S.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **62–1** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **37–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cates, Kathleen — primary (person)
- Ferrary, Joanne J. — primary (person)
- Hochman-Vigil, Dayan — primary (person)
- Sariñana, Debra M. — primary (person)
- Steinborn, Jeff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** Sent to House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-25** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10** special
- **2025-03-13** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-14** passed House `passage`
- **2025-03-14** Sent to Senate Conservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** passed Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ec6b06e-22a7-4f16-93a1-c014c37684e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).