---
type: "Bill"
title: "TIMBER GRADING ACT"
description: "TIMBER GRADING ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 553"
citation: "New Mexico HB 553 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS & INDUSTRY", "MISCELLANEOUS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dixon, Meredith A.", "Gallegos, Doreen Y.", "Gonzales, Roberto \"Bobby\" J.", "Mason, Jimmy G.", "Vincent, Harlan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a58075a1-5be8-49cd-a321-75950118b820"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=553&year=25"
source_hash: "23e0d50af106afdd3ddbe7ff1369d193191b66df9e0704badf2db8f51eb9e0a0"
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 553 (2025) — TIMBER GRADING ACT

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendments in Context** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0553.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/final/HB0553.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0553.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **48–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dixon, Meredith A. — primary (person)
- Gallegos, Doreen Y. — primary (person)
- Gonzales, Roberto "Bobby" J. — primary (person)
- Mason, Jimmy G. — primary (person)
- Vincent, Harlan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** Sent to House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-08** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** passed House `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-22** passed Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-08** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a58075a1-5be8-49cd-a321-75950118b820`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).