---
type: "Bill"
title: "ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT ACT CHANGES"
description: "ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT ACT CHANGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 128"
citation: "New Mexico SB 128 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "MENTAL HEALTH & DEV. DISABILITIES", "COURTS (judges", "DAs", "public defenders)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Papen, Mary Kay"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b35fa3c4-f1fd-4d52-9b7e-ffdb037c2399"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=128&year=20"
source_hash: "5f469a761d8b2c3e5ffe1e3dbe787418887ac63af0e618a0988dd58b704bad5a"
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 128 (2020) — ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT ACT CHANGES

## 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/SB0128.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Regular/final/SB0128.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0128.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Papen, Mary Kay — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-01-17** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** germane
- **2020-02-07** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **2020-02-15** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** passed House `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b35fa3c4-f1fd-4d52-9b7e-ffdb037c2399`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).