---
type: "Bill"
title: "PTSD PRESUMPTION FOR FIRST RESPONDERS"
description: "PTSD PRESUMPTION FOR FIRST RESPONDERS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 6"
citation: "New Mexico HB 6 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT (sheriffs", "police)", "PUBLIC SAFETY (emergency services", "etc.)", "HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bash, Karen C.", "Hochman-Vigil, Dayan", "Matthews, Marian", "Stansbury, Melanie A.", "Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/268a13c9-e3d0-4259-b36d-5d51b9fafcbf"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=6&year=20"
source_hash: "8e8b8e2f95ab56082ffc38eba1c09a56be960e12864131f8d5c7331d90a94319"
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 HB 6 (2020) — PTSD PRESUMPTION FOR FIRST RESPONDERS

## 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/20%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0006.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Regular/final/HB0006.PDF)
3. **JC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Regular/bills/house/HB0006JCS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Regular/bills/house/HB0006.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Bash, Karen C. — primary (person)
- Hochman-Vigil, Dayan — primary (person)
- Matthews, Marian — primary (person)
- Stansbury, Melanie A. — primary (person)
- Thomson, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-06** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-01-27** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-08** Referred to the House Appropriations & Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-08** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-08** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10** passed House `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2020-02-19** passed Senate `passage`
- **2020-02-20** House concurred in Senate amendments

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/268a13c9-e3d0-4259-b36d-5d51b9fafcbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).