---
type: "Bill"
title: "BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER CHANGES"
description: "BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER CHANGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 125"
citation: "New Mexico HB 125 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LICENSURE", "MENTAL HEALTH & DEV. DISABILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong, Gail", "Hochman-Vigil, Dayan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0012877-413c-4f6a-93dc-8653f13cc529"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=125&year=21"
source_hash: "7c54cd3921ec387756ac02ae50cf14a21b913c80453e4b1de36f51be96c3434a"
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 125 (2021) — BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER 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/21%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0125.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/HB0125.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0125.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Armstrong, Gail — primary (person)
- Hochman-Vigil, Dayan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-19** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** passed House `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2021-03-19** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0012877-413c-4f6a-93dc-8653f13cc529`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).