---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPRENTICESHIP ASSISTANCE ACT TRANSFERS"
description: "APPRENTICESHIP ASSISTANCE ACT TRANSFERS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7"
citation: "New Mexico HB 7 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "OTHER", "EMPLOYER & EMPLOYEE (including workers' comp)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cates, Kathleen", "Chandler, Christine", "Garratt, Joy", "Padilla, Michael", "Woods, Pat"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9165ccb8-f15d-4c2f-9399-6bc02cc70d28"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=7&year=26"
source_hash: "d0c22dc26f44b3f7d90bcb7c3856f52df97652bd5954cdb5e53e1bec0f466e66"
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 7 (2026) — APPRENTICESHIP ASSISTANCE ACT TRANSFERS

## 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/HB0007.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0007.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **65–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cates, Kathleen — primary (person)
- Chandler, Christine — primary (person)
- Garratt, Joy — primary (person)
- Padilla, Michael — primary (person)
- Woods, Pat — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-18** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-18** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-13** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Sent to House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-01-26** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-11** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-13** 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/9165ccb8-f15d-4c2f-9399-6bc02cc70d28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).