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+type: "Bill"
+title: "WHEELCHAIR INSURANCE COVERAGE"
+description: "WHEELCHAIR INSURANCE COVERAGE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
+legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 38"
+citation: "New Mexico HB 38 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["DISABILITIES", "HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "INSURANCE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cates, Kathleen", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\"", "Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-06"
+last_action: "2026-03-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f96ac1f-6433-4a33-b6a1-acf62067f735"
+source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=38&year=26"
+source_hash: "a2303e51df4c89631d34cbb15abedff3dc90f460bdd4b3d6fed81de8cd170470"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nm"]
+---
+
+# New Mexico HB 38 (2026) — WHEELCHAIR INSURANCE COVERAGE
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/HB0038.PDF)
+2. **HC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0038HCS.HTML)
+3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0038.HTML)
+
+## Votes
+
+- house passage — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+- senate passage — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cates, Kathleen — primary (person)
+- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)
+- Thomson, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-18** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-06** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-21** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
+- **2026-02-06** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-26** withdrawn printed germane prefile `withdrawal`
+- **2026-01-26** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-15** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-06** Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2026-02-14** passed House `passage`
+- **2026-02-10** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-19** passed Senate `passage`
+- **2026-02-11** special
+- **2026-02-11** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-13** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f96ac1f-6433-4a33-b6a1-acf62067f735`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).
+