---
type: "Bill"
title: "BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS"
description: "BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 43"
citation: "New Mexico HB 43 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES & PENALTIES", "HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "MENTAL HEALTH & DEV. DISABILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stapleton, Sheryl Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-17"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b46aae10-a28d-4d6f-a202-7387d247f11d"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=43&year=19"
source_hash: "c2ad4ae2d8b7796796ff6df2637229064929190919ec0b41777ec71719e47824"
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 43 (2019) — BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS

## 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/HB0043.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0043.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0043.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **60–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stapleton, Sheryl Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-17** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-22** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-25** passed House `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-14** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-16** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-16** House concurred in Senate amendments

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b46aae10-a28d-4d6f-a202-7387d247f11d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).