---
type: "Bill"
title: "PATIENT PROTECTION ACT REVIEW"
description: "PATIENT PROTECTION ACT REVIEW"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SM 78"
citation: "New Mexico SM 78 (2019)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 2
action_count: 5
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11a06a69-d0db-4e41-a40e-69d6b826e3c7"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=M&legNo=78&year=19"
source_hash: "fe56279ef17abea5839746efc9822b2a6fd17a7c0a803e59827e321961497aaa"
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 SM 78 (2019) — PATIENT PROTECTION ACT REVIEW

## 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/SM078.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM078.HTML)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-10** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11a06a69-d0db-4e41-a40e-69d6b826e3c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).