---
type: "Bill"
title: "OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SCOPE OF PRACTICE"
description: "OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SCOPE OF PRACTICE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 72"
citation: "New Mexico HB 72 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "LICENSURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-17"
last_action: "2019-02-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d805d0e8-ed09-415f-80d1-97692ff8fdba"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=72&year=19"
source_hash: "7e9699d316e7b317a2463231267e95221d6b968fb202b57fcc62900743161b01"
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 72 (2019) — OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SCOPE OF PRACTICE

## 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/HB0072.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0072.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomson, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-17** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** passed House `passage`
- **2019-01-22** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-24** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-04** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d805d0e8-ed09-415f-80d1-97692ff8fdba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).