---
type: "Bill"
title: "ED. RETIREMENT BENEFICIARY CHANGES"
description: "ED. RETIREMENT BENEFICIARY CHANGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 251"
citation: "New Mexico HB 251 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "OTHER", "OFFICERS & EMPLOYEES", "PUBLIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baca, Brian G.", "Cullen, Catherine J.", "Hall II, William A.", "Mirabal Moya, Tanya", "Terrazas, Luis M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50dc9d8b-47a2-48e7-8a09-69b877d044a4"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=251&year=25"
source_hash: "9b3117d4f317973dd5fa200fe994077223c460eab572dcb3c6378fee03e54921"
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 (2025) — ED. RETIREMENT BENEFICIARY CHANGES

## 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/25%20Regular/final/HB0251.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0251.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baca, Brian G. — primary (person)
- Cullen, Catherine J. — primary (person)
- Hall II, William A. — primary (person)
- Mirabal Moya, Tanya — primary (person)
- Terrazas, Luis M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Sent to House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee & House Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05** passed House `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-20** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50dc9d8b-47a2-48e7-8a09-69b877d044a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).