---
type: "Bill"
title: "SAFE HARBOR FOR NURSES ACT"
description: "SAFE HARBOR FOR NURSES ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 82"
citation: "New Mexico SB 82 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kernan, Gay G.", "Papen, Mary Kay", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-17"
last_action: "2019-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07c1cb02-1026-4269-bfad-9e101b55a3ac"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=82&year=19"
source_hash: "ee2a8055ca1363e7d31844a911482e0fd0daffc7238a94837171a364ad011e41"
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 82 (2019) — SAFE HARBOR FOR NURSES 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/SB0082.PDF)
2. **JU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0082JUS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0082.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kernan, Gay G. — primary (person)
- Papen, Mary Kay — primary (person)
- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-17** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-22** referred to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-09** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-15** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07c1cb02-1026-4269-bfad-9e101b55a3ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).