---
type: "Bill"
title: "REQUIRE CERTAIN OVERDOSE COUNSELINGS"
description: "REQUIRE CERTAIN OVERDOSE COUNSELINGS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 221"
citation: "New Mexico SB 221 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "ALCOHOL & DRUGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Soules, William P."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b70bbb93-0c26-4e95-b457-954dc6f9df4d"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=221&year=19"
source_hash: "b8cfe3ee919f8983303afde1272db87af5e272b39cdf377aab7de2ed35ce6e84"
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 221 (2019) — REQUIRE CERTAIN OVERDOSE COUNSELINGS

## 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/SB0221.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/SB0221.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0221.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **34–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Soules, William P. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** floor substitute adopted (2 amendment)
- **2019-02-13** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-27** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-09** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **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/b70bbb93-0c26-4e95-b457-954dc6f9df4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).