---
type: "Bill"
title: "NATUROPATHIC DOCTORS' PRACTICE ACT"
description: "NATUROPATHIC DOCTORS' PRACTICE ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 135"
citation: "New Mexico SB 135 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "LICENSURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz y Pino, Gerald"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-20"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18ad17a5-bbb3-4657-996b-4ce5ed6f2321"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=135&year=19"
source_hash: "7f5852de4500a8da2ac9a942745c5f18a5c8ff3751f28880a3fd29f9a74e0c86"
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 SB 135 (2019) — NATUROPATHIC DOCTORS' PRACTICE ACT

## 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/SB0135.PDF)
2. **JU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0135JUS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0135.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ortiz y Pino, Gerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-20** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-18** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** passed House `passage`
- **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/18ad17a5-bbb3-4657-996b-4ce5ed6f2321`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).