---
type: "Bill"
title: "STUDY NM MEDICAID BUY-IN PLANS"
description: "STUDY NM MEDICAID BUY-IN PLANS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SM 3"
citation: "New Mexico SM 3 (2018)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz y Pino, Gerald"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 6
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-12-21"
last_action: "2018-02-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57c99d80-ff5c-4b55-9b83-9059bf665146"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=M&legNo=3&year=18"
source_hash: "9f54010a4de0ed5e37eb1e35494f1be8a6bf7e61470da039c25d39efdf444226"
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 SM 3 (2018) — STUDY NM MEDICAID BUY-IN PLANS

## Version chain

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

1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/final/SM003.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM003.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **33–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ortiz y Pino, Gerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-21** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-01-16** Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-03** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-07** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57c99d80-ff5c-4b55-9b83-9059bf665146`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).