---
type: "Bill"
title: "SEARCH & RESCUE INSURANCE CLAIMS"
description: "SEARCH & RESCUE INSURANCE CLAIMS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 225"
citation: "New Mexico HB 225 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC SAFETY (emergency services", "etc.)", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Jason C."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f37b2b1b-5e1f-43f3-93a6-d853d8aa57fa"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=225&year=19"
source_hash: "9bb83c113630ae9c67cca617d627fb8071eb5487a4baa806251aa17473937796"
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 225 (2019) — SEARCH & RESCUE INSURANCE CLAIMS

## 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/HB0225.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0225.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **60–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harper, Jason C. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Sent to House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2019-02-20** passed House `passage`
- **2019-02-20** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-16** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f37b2b1b-5e1f-43f3-93a6-d853d8aa57fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).