New Mexico legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Mexico HB117: HIGHER ED DEMOGRAPHIC DATA REPORTING
Status: Failed, January 22, 2026
What the bill says
An act relating to data collection; requiring institutions of higher education to collect and report to the higher education department demographic data pertaining to the educational attainment of students' parents, guardians or fictive kin; providing for the release of aggregated data for several uses.
From the introduced text, January 22, 2026:
AN ACT RELATING TO DATA COLLECTION; REQUIRING INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO COLLECT AND REPORT TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA PERTAINING TO THE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF STUDENTS' PARENTS, GUARDIANS OR FICTIVE KIN; PROVIDING FOR THE RELEASE OF AGGREGATED DATA FOR SEVERAL USES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: SECTION 1. [NEW MATERIAL] EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS-- DEMOGRAPHIC DATA COLLECTION--PARENTAL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT.-- A. The institutions of higher education enumerated in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico shall collect voluntarily provided demographic data that pertains to the educational attainment of a prospective student's parent, legal guardian or fictive kin on the institution's application or registration forms. The data .233200.1 wen = lairetam derocsrednu eteled = ]lairetam detekcarb[ collected shall be reported to the higher education department separately and with other demographic data collected by the institution. The department shall publish a report of the data provided in this subsection separately and in combination with other demographic data collected by the institutions. B. The data collected pursuant to Subsection A of this section may be aggregated at the state, county, municipality, census tract or zip code level so as to prevent identifying individuals and statistical unreliability. The data may be used by the institutions or department to: (1) facilitate demographic comparisons or identify …
Sponsors
- E. Diane Torres-Velásquez (D, HD-030) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Not Printed
- : Action Postponed Indefinitely
Subjects: STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization), EDUCATION, POST SECONDARY
Common questions
- What is HB117?
- HB117 is a bill in the New Mexico Legislature (2026 Regular Session): HIGHER ED DEMOGRAPHIC DATA REPORTING.
- What does HB117 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to data collection; requiring institutions of higher education to collect and report to the higher education department demographic data pertaining to the educational attainment of students' parents, guardians or fictive kin; providing for the release of aggregated data for several uses.
- What is the status of HB117?
- Failed as of January 22, 2026. Latest action: Not Printed (January 22, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB117?
- E. Diane Torres-Velásquez (D, HD-030).
- Where is the official record for HB117?
- On the New Mexico Legislature website: https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=117&year=26
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