---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHER ED. MAJOR PROJECTS FUND"
description: "HIGHER ED. MAJOR PROJECTS FUND"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8"
citation: "New Mexico HB 8 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "POST SECONDARY", "FINANCE", "PUBLIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campos, Pete", "Gonzales, Anita", "Hochman-Vigil, Dayan", "Small, Nathan P."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-30"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34041592-3be4-465c-b43b-8dd6aeba3551"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=8&year=26"
source_hash: "6eb55349060b7c23360cf1fa03f12c5f1a95dd6d031353e27358a8431da6bd6f"
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 8 (2026) — HIGHER ED. MAJOR PROJECTS FUND

## 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/HB0008.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/HB0008.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0008.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **45–23** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Campos, Pete — primary (person)
- Gonzales, Anita — primary (person)
- Hochman-Vigil, Dayan — primary (person)
- Small, Nathan P. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-18** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-19** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2026-02-18** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-06** Sent to Senate Education Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-01-30** Sent to House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-11** 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/34041592-3be4-465c-b43b-8dd6aeba3551`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).