---
type: "Bill"
title: "PAYMENT OF CERTAIN IRB SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS"
description: "PAYMENT OF CERTAIN IRB SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 165"
citation: "New Mexico HB 165 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Borrego, Cynthia", "Dixon, Meredith A.", "Johnson, D. Wonda", "Serrato, Linda"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-26"
last_action: "2026-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4c9f80d-87be-4834-9741-9aa3bd076ada"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=165&year=26"
source_hash: "458ffac075e7c504ee7ea0699accd3006ce4bf86d0d82790f30e1dd03d816656"
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 165 (2026) — PAYMENT OF CERTAIN IRB SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS

## Version chain

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

1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/HB0165.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0165.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **30–10** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Borrego, Cynthia — primary (person)
- Dixon, Meredith A. — primary (person)
- Johnson, D. Wonda — primary (person)
- Serrato, Linda — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-18** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-02** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-26** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2026-02-15** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-28** withdrawn printed germane prefile `withdrawal`
- **2026-01-28** Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-12** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation 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/a4c9f80d-87be-4834-9741-9aa3bd076ada`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).