---
type: "Bill"
title: "TEACHER RESIDENCY ACT CHANGES"
description: "TEACHER RESIDENCY ACT CHANGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 30"
citation: "New Mexico HB 30 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS", "EMPLOYER & EMPLOYEE (including workers' comp)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baca, Brian G.", "Figueroa, Natalie", "Garratt, Joy", "Sariñana, Debra M.", "Stewart, Mimi"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-05"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d50aae2-07ad-43dc-8b6c-a6a0fe978913"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=30&year=26"
source_hash: "ade22274c4d38858d5e9cd1ba6e472bd206d5e1566647d467d91e97c4177cfd0"
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 30 (2026) — TEACHER RESIDENCY ACT CHANGES

## 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/HB0030.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0030.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baca, Brian G. — primary (person)
- Figueroa, Natalie — primary (person)
- Garratt, Joy — primary (person)
- Sariñana, Debra M. — primary (person)
- Stewart, Mimi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-05** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2026-02-06** passed House `passage`
- **2026-01-26** withdrawn printed germane prefile `withdrawal`
- **2026-01-26** Sent to House Education Committee & House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-17** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-01-30** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-11** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2026-02-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d50aae2-07ad-43dc-8b6c-a6a0fe978913`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).