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---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC EDUCATION CHANGES"
description: "PUBLIC EDUCATION CHANGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 253"
citation: "New Mexico HB 253 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garratt, Joy", "Herrera, Susan K.", "Soules, William P."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-30"
last_action: "2026-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21ec213e-68b5-4a09-958f-d020288ef1b9"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=253&year=26"
source_hash: "b467512c74729a836be7b700e700d8ae39e9997ad33a29ea82a5badd44728dd2"
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 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](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0253.pdf)
2. **EC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0253ECS.HTML)
3. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/HB0253.PDF)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0253.HTML)
## Votes
- senate passage — **2615** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **690** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **390** (pass) · upper
- senate passage — **2615** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21ec213e-68b5-4a09-958f-d020288ef1b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).