---
type: "Bill"
title: "NM HEALTH COUNCIL SYSTEM TASK FORCE"
description: "NM HEALTH COUNCIL SYSTEM TASK FORCE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SM 44"
citation: "New Mexico SM 44 (2018)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz y Pino, Gerald", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 2
action_count: 5
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28e22e28-6010-42cd-a677-ad4d8a799ca9"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=M&legNo=44&year=18"
source_hash: "bc78c7145538a9f441cb9829763da331e96b17e5c018063b298382ead1f598f6"
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 44 (2018) — NM HEALTH COUNCIL SYSTEM TASK FORCE

## 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/SM044.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM044.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ortiz y Pino, Gerald — primary (person)
- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-25** Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Indian and Cultural Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-14** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-13** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28e22e28-6010-42cd-a677-ad4d8a799ca9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).