---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH PROFESSIONAL LOAN REPAYMENT CHANGES"
description: "HEALTH PROFESSIONAL LOAN REPAYMENT CHANGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 21"
citation: "New Mexico SB 21 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kernan, Gay G."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-17"
last_action: "2019-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/290857b9-d734-4908-a949-6db36598117e"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=21&year=19"
source_hash: "c993879fa8197cba8ac190d780047d3961168f3f7a8616500e9f21a1df73d160"
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 21 (2019) — HEALTH PROFESSIONAL LOAN REPAYMENT CHANGES

## 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/SB0021.PDF)
2. **PA substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0021PAS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0021.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kernan, Gay G. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-17** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-05** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-06** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/290857b9-d734-4908-a949-6db36598117e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).