---
type: "Bill"
title: "NMFA WATER PROJECT FUND PROJECTS"
description: "NMFA WATER PROJECT FUND PROJECTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 63"
citation: "New Mexico HB 63 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WATER & WATER RIGHTS (acequias", "irrigation", "rivers)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Block, John", "Campos, Pete", "Cates, Kathleen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f050078f-8524-4d51-8fe0-877d13e3d8e8"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=63&year=26"
source_hash: "ddbcff156acec521a8bbd1101932a6d757936d11d803b40760ccf5f3853a3e49"
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 63 (2026) — NMFA WATER PROJECT FUND PROJECTS

## 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/HB0063.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0063.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Block, John — primary (person)
- Campos, Pete — primary (person)
- Cates, Kathleen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Sent to House Agriculture, Acequias & Water Resources Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-10** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-15** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-12** Sent to Senate Conservation 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/f050078f-8524-4d51-8fe0-877d13e3d8e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).