---
type: "Bill"
title: "BOARDS OF REGENTS NOMINATING COMMITTEES, CA"
description: "BOARDS OF REGENTS NOMINATING COMMITTEES, CA"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HJR 1"
citation: "New Mexico HJR 1 (2026)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO", "EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chandler, Christine", "Steinborn, Jeff"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-05"
last_action: "2026-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24dcbdba-e06b-4642-9002-c5193343c823"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=JR&legNo=1&year=26"
source_hash: "3ad468ce0ac91de8a41b7e63b143be1ba2b67e99d5c4eebc9f1f68fe1796752e"
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 HJR 1 (2026) — BOARDS OF REGENTS NOMINATING COMMITTEES, CA

## 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/HJR01.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/HJR01.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/resolutions/house/HJR01.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **34–7** (pass) · upper
- senate passage — **34–7** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- house passage — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chandler, Christine — primary (person)
- Steinborn, Jeff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-05** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Sent to House Education Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-06** Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-28** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-29** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24dcbdba-e06b-4642-9002-c5193343c823`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).