---
type: "Bill"
title: "STUDY \"GIFTED-IN-FIELD\" TEACHER ENDORSEMENT"
description: "STUDY \"GIFTED-IN-FIELD\" TEACHER ENDORSEMENT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HM 53"
citation: "New Mexico HM 53 (2026)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gurrola, Yanira", "Lujan, Tara L.", "Romero, G. Andrés", "Sariñana, Debra M.", "Torres-Velásquez, E. Diane"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-05"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1ee2624-5639-4e94-a5d4-6294f68d3583"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=53&year=26"
source_hash: "3500dbe12cb1cc8511c7a760472ff3d166c343a01a01012c1c0d76447d06926b"
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 HM 53 (2026) — STUDY "GIFTED-IN-FIELD" TEACHER ENDORSEMENT

## 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/HM053.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/memorials/house/HM053.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **55–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gurrola, Yanira — primary (person)
- Lujan, Tara L. — primary (person)
- Romero, G. Andrés — primary (person)
- Sariñana, Debra M. — primary (person)
- Torres-Velásquez, E. Diane — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-09** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-19** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-05** Sent to House Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **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/a1ee2624-5639-4e94-a5d4-6294f68d3583`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).