# New Mexico HB 36: BOARD OF OPTOMETRY POWERS AND DUTIES

New Mexico HB 36, BOARD OF OPTOMETRY POWERS AND DUTIES, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Dayan Hochman-Vigil (Democratic); status vetoed (as of 2026-10-16).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NM-HB36-2025
- 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 36
- State: New Mexico
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: BOARD OF OPTOMETRY POWERS AND DUTIES
- Status: vetoed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: unknown
- Last action: unknown
- Sponsor: Dayan Hochman-Vigil (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (82 yes, 19 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: Dayan Hochman-Vigil (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Javier Martínez (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: John Block (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Luis M. Terrazas (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Stefani Lord (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-22 | Senate | Final Senate Vote | pass | 26 | 12 |   |
| 2025-02-22 | House | Final House Vote | pass | 56 | 7 |   |

## Actions (10)

- 2025-03-22: Passed in the Senate - Y:26 N:12 (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: SJC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: STBTC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation (Senate)
- 2025-02-22: Sent to STBTC - Referrals: STBTC/SJC (Senate)
- 2025-02-22: Passed in the House of Representatives - Y:56 N:7 (House)
- 2025-02-10: HJC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation (House)
- 2025-01-30: HHHC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation with amendment(s) (House)
- 2025-01-22: Sent to HHHC - Referrals: HHHC/HJC (Senate)
- undated: Vetoed by Governor (legislature)
- undated: Sent to HPREF - Referrals: HPREF (Senate)

## Bill text

- Final Version, 2025-04-11: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/final/HB0036.pdf)
- SJC Committee Report 3/21/25, 2025-03-21: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0036JU1.pdf)
- STBTC Committee Report 3/12/25, 2025-03-12: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0036CT1.pdf)
- HJC Committee Report 2/10/25, 2025-02-10: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0036JC1.pdf)
- HHHC Committee Report 1/30/25, 2025-01-30: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0036HC1.pdf)
- Introduced, 2025-01-03: [HTML](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0036.html), [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0036.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/HB0036.pdf)
- [SJC Committee Report 3/21/25 (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0036JU1.pdf)
- [STBTC Committee Report 3/12/25 (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0036CT1.pdf)
- [HJC Committee Report 2/10/25 (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0036JC1.pdf)
- [HHHC Committee Report 1/30/25 (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0036HC1.pdf)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0036.html)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0036.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-HB36-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).