---
type: "Bill"
title: "PRC SUPPORT AGENCY"
description: "PRC SUPPORT AGENCY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 70"
citation: "New Mexico HB 70 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)", "UTILITIES (sewer", "electric", "gas", "water", "telephone)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortez, Kristina", "Stewart, Mimi"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f426bfa5-c3dd-47ef-a71c-ef2d0deb16bd"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=70&year=26"
source_hash: "8288e4adaa939ab5c5b03ecf7d2aaad8b3f39b0bde6f0fb41fb076e08713da34"
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 70 (2026) — PRC SUPPORT AGENCY

## 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/HB0070.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/HB0070.PDF)
3. **JC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0070JCS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0070.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ortez, Kristina — primary (person)
- Stewart, Mimi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-19** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2026-01-13** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-15** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-28** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-09** passed House `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-10** Sent to Senate Rules Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-05** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f426bfa5-c3dd-47ef-a71c-ef2d0deb16bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).