---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTHY WORKPLACES ACT"
description: "HEALTHY WORKPLACES ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 20"
citation: "New Mexico HB 20 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS & INDUSTRY", "EMPLOYER & EMPLOYEE (including workers' comp)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chandler, Christine", "Ely, Daymon", "Roybal Caballero, Patricia", "Rubio, Angelica", "Stewart, Mimi"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a7f556d-b58d-4cd4-bc26-a5121d3519d4"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=20&year=21"
source_hash: "30b8105a88cec382f3238c2ada26e907bab60af7942f556832bc79431a8bed31"
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 20 (2021) — HEALTHY WORKPLACES ACT

## 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/HB0020.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/HB0020.PDF)
3. **JC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0020JCS.HTML)
4. **LV substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0020LVS.HTML)
5. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0020.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Chandler, Christine — primary (person)
- Ely, Daymon — primary (person)
- Roybal Caballero, Patricia — primary (person)
- Rubio, Angelica — primary (person)
- Stewart, Mimi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Sent to House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-28** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2021-02-28** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** floor substitute adopted (2 amendment)
- **2021-03-19** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-20** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2021-03-17** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-14** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15** referred to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a7f556d-b58d-4cd4-bc26-a5121d3519d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).