---
type: "Bill"
title: "PLANS ON USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS"
description: "PLANS ON USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 158"
citation: "New Mexico HB 158 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FINANCE", "PUBLIC", "LEGISLATURE", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abeyta, Michelle Paulene", "Dixon, Meredith A.", "Gonzales, Anita", "Little, Charlotte", "Silva, Sarah"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-26"
last_action: "2026-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e339c4ff-3026-47e3-a2de-aea368596301"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=158&year=26"
source_hash: "7b2886463fb2fe7e2b547fea44999e528ef3f8709fa9da7281aae719e3d91baa"
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 158 (2026) — PLANS ON USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendments in Context** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0158.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/HB0158.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0158.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Abeyta, Michelle Paulene — primary (person)
- Dixon, Meredith A. — primary (person)
- Gonzales, Anita — primary (person)
- Little, Charlotte — primary (person)
- Silva, Sarah — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-05** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-01-26** Sent to House Rural Development, Land Grants and Cultural Affairs Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-10** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-11** Sent to Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e339c4ff-3026-47e3-a2de-aea368596301`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).