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+type: "Bill"
+title: "PRIOR AUTHORIZATION & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS"
+description: "PRIOR AUTHORIZATION & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
+legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 20"
+citation: "New Mexico SB 20 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ALCOHOL & DRUGS", "HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hickey, Martin E.", "López, Linda M.", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\"", "Szczepanski, Reena", "Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-26"
+last_action: "2026-03-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70c68474-afe6-49fb-b79c-1236e9f057fa"
+source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=20&year=26"
+source_hash: "f3cd99b4b888ce677651ecc0d10787ddd7bdd09ccdfefb007653a768ad6d839d"
+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 SB 20 (2026) — PRIOR AUTHORIZATION & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CT substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0020CTS.HTML)
+2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/SB0020.PDF)
+3. **PA substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0020PAS.HTML)
+4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0020.HTML)
+
+## Votes
+
+- house passage — **43–6** (pass) · lower
+- senate passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hickey, Martin E. — primary (person)
+- López, Linda M. — primary (person)
+- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)
+- Szczepanski, Reena — primary (person)
+- Thomson, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-19** passed House `passage`
+- **2026-01-26** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-07** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-29** germane
+- **2026-03-06** Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2026-02-11** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-16** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-12** passed Senate `passage`
+- **2026-02-12** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70c68474-afe6-49fb-b79c-1236e9f057fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).
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