---
type: "Bill"
title: "ALIGN HEALTH INSURANCE LAW WITH FEDERAL LAW"
description: "ALIGN HEALTH INSURANCE LAW WITH FEDERAL LAW"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 436"
citation: "New Mexico HB 436 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE", "HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong, Deborah A.", "Cadena, Micaela Lara", "Pratt, William B.", "Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\"", "Trujillo, Christine"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00446e48-216d-4895-a541-f45362f3b385"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=436&year=19"
source_hash: "ac3f8e946ce551a9f6beab37068812d9802666771cc1c9f3d491f7f43c17647d"
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 436 (2019) — ALIGN HEALTH INSURANCE LAW WITH FEDERAL LAW

## 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/HB0436.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0436.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0436.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Armstrong, Deborah A. — primary (person)
- Cadena, Micaela Lara — primary (person)
- Pratt, William B. — primary (person)
- Thomson, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)
- Trujillo, Christine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-18** special
- **2019-02-18** Sent to House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-03** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2019-03-07** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Sent to Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2019-03-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-15** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2019-03-13** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00446e48-216d-4895-a541-f45362f3b385`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).