---
type: "Bill"
title: "AUDIOLOGIST & HEARING AID SELLER ETHICS RULES"
description: "AUDIOLOGIST & HEARING AID SELLER ETHICS RULES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 48"
citation: "New Mexico HB 48 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "BUSINESS & INDUSTRY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roybal Caballero, Patricia", "Schmedes, Gregg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-17"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/effe9e81-02e0-420e-865f-2644815c4b32"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=48&year=19"
source_hash: "51d3b48e3d2ed85fd8ee9ead840ce745eb11b208158c49d39388bd0b4565bc8b"
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 48 (2019) — AUDIOLOGIST & HEARING AID SELLER ETHICS RULES

## 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/HB0048.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0048.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **58–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roybal Caballero, Patricia — primary (person)
- Schmedes, Gregg — 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 State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-18** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** passed House `passage`
- **2019-02-20** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **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/effe9e81-02e0-420e-865f-2644815c4b32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).