# New Mexico HB 284: FREE-ROAMING HORSES & LIVESTOCK CODE

New Mexico HB 284, FREE-ROAMING HORSES & LIVESTOCK CODE, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Matthew McQueen (Democratic); status vetoed (as of 2026-10-16).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NM-HB284-2025
- As of: 2026-10-16
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: New Mexico HB 284
- State: New Mexico
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: FREE-ROAMING HORSES & LIVESTOCK CODE
- Status: vetoed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-05
- Last action: unknown
- Sponsor: Matthew McQueen (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (92 yes, 4 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Matthew McQueen (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Pat Woods (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-22 | Senate | Final Senate Vote | pass | 38 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-05 | House | Final House Vote | pass | 54 | 4 |   |

## Actions (9)

- 2025-03-22: Passed in the Senate - Y:38 N:0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: SJC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: SCONC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation (Senate)
- 2025-03-05: Sent to SCONC - Referrals: SCONC/SJC (Senate)
- 2025-03-05: Passed in the House of Representatives - Y:54 N:4 (House)
- 2025-03-01: HJC: Reported by committee with Do Not Pass but with a Do Pass recommendation on Committee Substitution (House)
- 2025-02-14: HAAWC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation (House)
- 2025-02-05: Sent to HAAWC - Referrals: HAAWC/HJC (Senate)
- undated: Pocket Veto (legislature)

## Bill text

- Final Version, 2025-04-14: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/final/HB0284.pdf)
- SJC Committee Report 3/21/25, 2025-03-21: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0284JU1.pdf)
- SCONC Committee Report 3/11/25, 2025-03-11: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0284CO1.pdf)
- HJC Committee Report 3/01/25, 2025-03-01: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0284JC1.pdf)
- HJC Committee Substitute 3/01/25, 2025-03-01: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0284JCS.pdf)
- HAAWC Committee Report 2/14/25, 2025-02-14: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0284AA1.pdf)
- Introduced, 2025-02-05: [HTML](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0284.html), [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0284.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB 2: GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT OF 2025 (signed)
- SB 45: COUNTY HEALTH CARE ASSISTANCE FUND USE (signed)
- SB 343: TEACHER SALARY RATES CHANGES (signed)
- SB 345: TEACHER & INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT LICENSURE (signed)
- SB 133: EDUCATIONAL RETIREES RETURNING TO WORK (signed)
- HB 157: NEW SCHOOL LICENSES (signed)

## Sources
- [Final Version (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/final/HB0284.pdf)
- [SJC Committee Report 3/21/25 (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0284JU1.pdf)
- [SCONC Committee Report 3/11/25 (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0284CO1.pdf)
- [HJC Committee Report 3/01/25 (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0284JC1.pdf)
- [HJC Committee Substitute 3/01/25 (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0284JCS.pdf)
- [HAAWC Committee Report 2/14/25 (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0284AA1.pdf)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0284.html)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0284.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 2: GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT OF 2025](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NM-HB2-2025)
- [SB 45: COUNTY HEALTH CARE ASSISTANCE FUND USE](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NM-SB45-2025)
- [SB 343: TEACHER SALARY RATES CHANGES](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NM-SB343-2025)
- [SB 345: TEACHER & INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT LICENSURE](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NM-SB345-2025)
- [SB 133: EDUCATIONAL RETIREES RETURNING TO WORK](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NM-SB133-2025)
- [HB 157: NEW SCHOOL LICENSES](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NM-HB157-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NM-HB284-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).