---
type: "Bill"
title: "DISABLED VETERAN PROPERTY TAX CHANGES"
description: "DISABLED VETERAN PROPERTY TAX CHANGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 285"
citation: "New Mexico HB 285 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MILITARY AFFAIRS (national guard", "vets)", "TAXATION", "PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De La Cruz, Art", "Martinez, Alan T.", "Pope, Harold J., Jr.", "Sariñana, Debra M.", "Terrazas, Luis M."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccd5f4e7-47e5-4da4-9e1b-892fa3792ed6"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=285&year=26"
source_hash: "9815304b85a37044354fcca2e0423b6f38f662bac973749b8b332fa66cce890e"
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 285 (2026) — DISABLED VETERAN PROPERTY TAX CHANGES

## 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/HB0285.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/HB0285.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0285.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- De La Cruz, Art — primary (person)
- Martinez, Alan T. — primary (person)
- Pope, Harold J., Jr. — primary (person)
- Sariñana, Debra M. — primary (person)
- Terrazas, Luis M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-18** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-06** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-15** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** withdrawn printed germane prefile `withdrawal`
- **2026-02-03** Sent to House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee & House Taxation & Revenue Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-02** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2026-02-11** 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/ccd5f4e7-47e5-4da4-9e1b-892fa3792ed6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).