---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRANSFER OVERSIGHT OF VETERANS' HOME"
description: "TRANSFER OVERSIGHT OF VETERANS' HOME"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 643"
citation: "New Mexico HB 643 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MILITARY AFFAIRS (national guard", "vets)", "HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong, Deborah A.", "Garcia, Harry", "Martinez, Rodolpho \"Rudy\" S.", "Pratt, William B.", "Sariñana, Debra M."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 7
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83a7b454-2868-439f-8584-c6c3684326a1"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=643&year=19"
source_hash: "7f29ecd5b6e05beab39488aa0c3bcbe128b9a2ff1198a5f3d7cf3f9719b5bde3"
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 643 (2019) — TRANSFER OVERSIGHT OF VETERANS' HOME

## 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/HB0643.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/HB0643.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0643.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Armstrong, Deborah A. — primary (person)
- Garcia, Harry — primary (person)
- Martinez, Rodolpho "Rudy" S. — primary (person)
- Pratt, William B. — primary (person)
- Sariñana, Debra M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-09** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-10** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-11** Sent to Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-13** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83a7b454-2868-439f-8584-c6c3684326a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).