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New Mexico · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 131: CAREGIVER BACKGROUND CHECKS

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 131 is a bill introduced in the New Mexico House on January 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: CAREGIVER BACKGROUND CHECKS. Primary sponsor: Kathleen Cates (Democratic), Day Hochman-Vigil (Democratic), Antoinette Sedillo Lopez (Democratic), Liz Thomson (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (April 8, 2025): Signed.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Kathleen CatesPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Day Hochman-VigilPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse15
Antoinette Sedillo LopezPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Liz ThomsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse24

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Signed
  2. passed Senate
  3. DO PASS committee report adopted
  4. Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee
  5. passed House
  6. DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute
  7. WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION committee report adopted
  8. Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Judiciary Committee
  9. Sent to House Pre-file

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source