---
type: "Bill"
title: "COUNTY & TRIBAL HEALTH COUNCILS ACT"
description: "COUNTY & TRIBAL HEALTH COUNCILS ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 137"
citation: "New Mexico HB 137 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allison, Anthony", "Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-21"
last_action: "2019-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd7836eb-c535-4a72-b561-f267d066542c"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=137&year=19"
source_hash: "8c451379402a89b241d60a2dd5c62bdaa560a1e98fc3c23bf99f4ea0364b7df0"
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 137 (2019) — COUNTY & TRIBAL HEALTH COUNCILS ACT

## 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/19%20Regular/final/HB0137.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0137.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allison, Anthony — primary (person)
- Thomson, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-21** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Sent to House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee & House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-18** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** passed House `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Sent to Senate Indian and Cultural Affairs Committee & Senate Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-09** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-15** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd7836eb-c535-4a72-b561-f267d066542c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).