---
type: "Bill"
title: "MATH REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHING LICENSE"
description: "MATH REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHING LICENSE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 29"
citation: "New Mexico SB 29 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cullen, Catherine J.", "Sariñana, Debra M.", "Soules, William P."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aedf4427-8fe2-48f7-b953-7b52b1eb6c3d"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=29&year=26"
source_hash: "92788896d4a2356b595fc25d1f47d9aef0eba5f28fd803a2bb02b774561f80df"
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 SB 29 (2026) — MATH REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHING LICENSE

## 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/SB0029.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/SB0029.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0029.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cullen, Catherine J. — primary (person)
- Sariñana, Debra M. — primary (person)
- Soules, William P. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-17** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2026-01-21** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Education Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-22** germane
- **2026-01-28** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee & House Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-09** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-01-29** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-11** DO PASS, as amended, 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/aedf4427-8fe2-48f7-b953-7b52b1eb6c3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).