---
type: "Bill"
title: "PTSD AS FIREFIGHTER EMPLOYMENT CONDITION"
description: "PTSD AS FIREFIGHTER EMPLOYMENT CONDITION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 324"
citation: "New Mexico HB 324 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC SAFETY (emergency services", "etc.)", "HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong, Deborah A.", "Stansbury, Melanie A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f0ded44-d920-459f-9f47-2933867683f7"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=324&year=19"
source_hash: "c167235bd897522ce729521041ac3080bc7a0a3cf16a6d91c9a74f73a988f03d"
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 324 (2019) — PTSD AS FIREFIGHTER EMPLOYMENT CONDITION

## 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/HB0324.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0324.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0324.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **58–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Armstrong, Deborah A. — primary (person)
- Stansbury, Melanie A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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/2f0ded44-d920-459f-9f47-2933867683f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).