---
type: "Bill"
title: "NURSE & MIDWIFE PRIVILEGE PARITY"
description: "NURSE & MIDWIFE PRIVILEGE PARITY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 280"
citation: "New Mexico HB 280 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bash, Karen C.", "Cadena, Micaela Lara", "Ferrary, Joanne J.", "Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3184ab9b-afb2-46a1-8f19-5dca1398ba97"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=280&year=19"
source_hash: "bc90ac0d2388be8e29d8582b88cf6a4b89b19f50aa34b06bf48c031809a634a2"
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 280 (2019) — NURSE & MIDWIFE PRIVILEGE PARITY

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendments in Context** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0280.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0280.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0280.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **44–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bash, Karen C. — primary (person)
- Cadena, Micaela Lara — primary (person)
- Ferrary, Joanne J. — primary (person)
- Thomson, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Commerce & Economic Development Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2019-02-21** passed House `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-02** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3184ab9b-afb2-46a1-8f19-5dca1398ba97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).