# New Mexico HB 64: EXPAND POST-SECONDARY TUITION ELIGIBILITY

New Mexico HB 64, EXPAND POST-SECONDARY TUITION ELIGIBILITY, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Eleanor Chávez (Democratic); status vetoed; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NM-HB64-2025
- As of: 2026-10-19
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: New Mexico HB 64
- State: New Mexico
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: EXPAND POST-SECONDARY TUITION ELIGIBILITY
- Status: vetoed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: unknown
- Last action: unknown
- Sponsor: Eleanor Chávez (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (60 yes, 33 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: Eleanor Chávez (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Linda M. Trujillo (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Patricia Roybal Caballero (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Yanira Gurrola (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-20 | Senate | Final Senate Vote | pass | 23 | 14 |   |
| 2025-03-08 | House | Final House Vote | pass | 37 | 19 |   |

## Actions (10)

- 2025-03-20: Passed in the Senate - Y:23 N:14 (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: SJC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: SEC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: Sent to SEC - Referrals: SEC/SJC (Senate)
- 2025-03-08: Passed in the House of Representatives - Y:37 N:19 (House)
- 2025-02-26: HCEDC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation (House)
- 2025-02-10: HEC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation (House)
- 2025-01-23: Sent to HEC - Referrals: HEC/HCEDC (Senate)
- undated: Pocket Veto (legislature)
- undated: Sent to HPREF - Referrals: HPREF (Senate)

## Bill text

- Final Version, 2025-04-14: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/final/HB0064.pdf)
- SJC Committee Report 3/20/25, 2025-03-20: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0064JU1.pdf)
- SEC Committee Report 3/12/25, 2025-03-12: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0064ED1.pdf)
- HCEDC Committee Report 2/26/25, 2025-02-26: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0064CE1.pdf)
- HEC Committee Report 2/10/25, 2025-02-10: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0064EC1.pdf)
- Introduced, 2025-01-10: [HTML](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0064.html), [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0064.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/HB0064.pdf)
- [SJC Committee Report 3/20/25 (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0064JU1.pdf)
- [SEC Committee Report 3/12/25 (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0064ED1.pdf)
- [HCEDC Committee Report 2/26/25 (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0064CE1.pdf)
- [HEC Committee Report 2/10/25 (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0064EC1.pdf)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0064.html)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0064.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-HB64-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).