---
type: "Bill"
title: "MED SCHOOL LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS"
description: "MED SCHOOL LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 23"
citation: "New Mexico HB 23 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "POST SECONDARY", "HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallegos, Doreen Y."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb0834b2-4fbb-490e-b214-64d23eef8715"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=23&year=21"
source_hash: "1beff43c09c8a50741989e515edbb577b895489fac75e95fdaa66db18c29947d"
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 23 (2021) — MED SCHOOL LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS

## 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/HB0023.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/HB0023.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0023.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Gallegos, Doreen Y. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-19** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** Sent to Senate Education Committee & Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** passed House `passage`
- **2021-02-24** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-13** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-11** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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/cb0834b2-4fbb-490e-b214-64d23eef8715`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).