---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS"
description: "PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 296"
citation: "New Mexico HB 296 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS & INDUSTRY", "LICENSURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parajón, Cristina"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e423fe21-57aa-4828-92ba-f23567a00688"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=296&year=25"
source_hash: "db914e15d6e79ac0c6b595d413b803a0d4e869545686e8e630e457baaf308724"
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 296 (2025) — PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS

## Version chain

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

1. **CE substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0296CES.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/final/HB0296.PDF)
3. **JC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0296JCS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0296.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **39–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Parajón, Cristina — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** Sent to House Commerce & Economic Development Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05** passed House `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** 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/e423fe21-57aa-4828-92ba-f23567a00688`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).