---
type: "Bill"
title: "LEGISLATIVE COMPENSATION, CA"
description: "LEGISLATIVE COMPENSATION, CA"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HJR 5"
citation: "New Mexico HJR 5 (2026)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO", "LEGISLATURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abeyta, Michelle Paulene", "Charley, Angel M.", "Nava, Cindy", "Parajón, Cristina", "Rubio, Angelica"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e58cfa94-f695-46f4-8f02-e2c69097c47e"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=JR&legNo=5&year=26"
source_hash: "60c7b6ea1275ecee14243b6a4bc327ce5adec87b715b41d2b1e95f2b1ab538db"
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 5 (2026) — LEGISLATIVE COMPENSATION, 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/HJR05.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/HJR05.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/resolutions/house/HJR05.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **23–19** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **41–26** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **23–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Abeyta, Michelle Paulene — primary (person)
- Charley, Angel M. — primary (person)
- Nava, Cindy — primary (person)
- Parajón, Cristina — primary (person)
- Rubio, Angelica — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-17** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-01-16** 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`
- **2026-02-09** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-15** Sent to Senate Rules Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-13** passed House `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e58cfa94-f695-46f4-8f02-e2c69097c47e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).