---
type: "Bill"
title: "ADD LAY MIDWIVES AS PRACTITIONERS"
description: "ADD LAY MIDWIVES AS PRACTITIONERS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 226"
citation: "New Mexico HB 226 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Jason C."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-02-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f25c68b0-e8af-4d62-84c1-db37c5f64223"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=226&year=19"
source_hash: "cce33107204dd2e24a9a557a6be351aa5796e200f6a2725bb7353509307d8455"
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 226 (2019) — ADD LAY MIDWIVES AS PRACTITIONERS

## 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/HB0226.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0226.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## 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`
- **2019-01-23** passed House `passage`
- **2019-01-17** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-24** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-04** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f25c68b0-e8af-4d62-84c1-db37c5f64223`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).