republic-os/legislation/us/states/nm/2026/hb-253.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	PUBLIC EDUCATION CHANGES	PUBLIC EDUCATION CHANGES	us/states/nm	New Mexico Legislature	2026	HB 253	New Mexico HB 253 (2026)	bill	EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOLS	enacted	Garratt, Joy Herrera, Susan K. Soules, William P.	4	12	4	2026-01-30	2026-02-25	openstates	ocd-bill/21ec213e-68b5-4a09-958f-d020288ef1b9	https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=253&year=26	b467512c74729a836be7b700e700d8ae39e9997ad33a29ea82a5badd44728dd2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nm

New Mexico HB 253 (2026) — PUBLIC EDUCATION CHANGES

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Amendments in Context (committee substitute) — source
2. EC substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Version (committee substitute) — source
4. introduced version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• senate passage — 26–15 (pass) · upper
• house passage — 69–0 (pass) · lower
• senate passage — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• senate passage — 26–15 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Garratt, Joy — primary (person)
• Herrera, Susan K. — primary (person)
• Soules, William P. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-18 motion to reconsider adopted
• 2026-02-18 floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
• 2026-02-18 passed Senate passage
• 2026-02-19 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2026-02-18 passed Senate passage
• 2026-02-09 DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute committee-passage
• 2026-02-14 DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-14 passed House passage
• 2026-02-15 Sent to Senate Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-02-16 DO PASS committee report adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-30 Sent to House Education Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 Signed executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/21ec213e-68b5-4a09-958f-d020288ef1b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).