---
type: "Bill"
title: "DENTAL THERAPISTS"
description: "DENTAL THERAPISTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 308"
citation: "New Mexico HB 308 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "EDUCATION", "POST SECONDARY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong, Gail", "Gallegos, Doreen Y.", "Shendo, Benny, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8866509-0f94-42f6-9bd8-4f8a68a87156"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=308&year=19"
source_hash: "a51160124e624264bfeaac1f0b869bbce8cd8c585c4e21eedf721c22b4e41f24"
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 308 (2019) — DENTAL THERAPISTS

## 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/HB0308.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0308.PDF)
3. **HC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0308HCS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0308.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **61–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Armstrong, Gail — primary (person)
- Gallegos, Doreen Y. — primary (person)
- Shendo, Benny, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13** referred to House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-10** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-22** passed House `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-09** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-10** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2019-03-10** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-13** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2019-03-29** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8866509-0f94-42f6-9bd8-4f8a68a87156`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).