---
type: "Bill"
title: "COUNSELING & THERAPY LICENSURE"
description: "COUNSELING & THERAPY LICENSURE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 178"
citation: "New Mexico HB 178 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "LICENSURE", "MENTAL HEALTH & DEV. DISABILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, D. Wonda"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81c70284-8974-4aba-abc4-caeadfbe8225"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=178&year=21"
source_hash: "b70093b259a6ae208974695ad4f4ae751fdb409343cef97bd20fadf9be9f5f15"
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 178 (2021) — COUNSELING & THERAPY LICENSURE

## 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/21%20Regular/final/HB0178.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0178.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Johnson, D. Wonda — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** 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/81c70284-8974-4aba-abc4-caeadfbe8225`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).