---
type: "Bill"
title: "GUIDELINES FOR STEP THERAPY FOR DRUG COVERAGE"
description: "GUIDELINES FOR STEP THERAPY FOR DRUG COVERAGE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 11"
citation: "New Mexico SB 11 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kernan, Gay G.", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\"", "Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\"", "Youngblood, Monica"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-15"
last_action: "2018-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/932066f7-dc57-49aa-bc90-d63a859e1c63"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=11&year=18"
source_hash: "7493ea08a9a3d892eaa9542da5d0a2068e1da4edb40e6ed4c6c762c75f09d029"
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 11 (2018) — GUIDELINES FOR STEP THERAPY FOR DRUG COVERAGE

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CT substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0011CTS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/final/SB0011.PDF)
3. **PA substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0011PAS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0011.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kernan, Gay G. — primary (person)
- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)
- Thomson, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)
- Youngblood, Monica — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-12-15** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Sent to House Business and Industry Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2018-02-08** referred to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** germane
- **2018-01-31** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-06** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-07** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-02-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-12** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2018-02-12** passed House `passage`
- **2018-02-13** Senate concurred in House amendments

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/932066f7-dc57-49aa-bc90-d63a859e1c63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).