---
type: "Bill"
title: "AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER COVERAGE"
description: "AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER COVERAGE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 322"
citation: "New Mexico HB 322 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bash, Karen C.", "Figueroa, Natalie", "Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5854342e-fceb-4f70-a89b-38a89912ce5e"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=322&year=19"
source_hash: "6f27b68c25f6d487169c57c24676ca79c2ae48db9ae96626022b59232d067a2c"
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 322 (2019) — AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER COVERAGE

## 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/HB0322.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0322.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **50–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bash, Karen C. — primary (person)
- Figueroa, Natalie — primary (person)
- Thomson, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-22** passed House `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2019-03-15** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5854342e-fceb-4f70-a89b-38a89912ce5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).