---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL CHANGES"
description: "LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL CHANGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 298"
citation: "New Mexico HB 298 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chandler, Christine", "Duncan, Mark", "Sharer, William E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb26e602-6351-43c3-9402-d527b749f0e1"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=298&year=25"
source_hash: "17d18a9cadaf5cdbcf67f9c3d968024ab44ddd0f6b1b9a9bee57cf54a6142a9f"
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 298 (2025) — LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL 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/HB0298.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0298.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chandler, Christine — primary (person)
- Duncan, Mark — primary (person)
- Sharer, William E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** passed House `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Sent to Senate Rules Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-28** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-18** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb26e602-6351-43c3-9402-d527b749f0e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).