---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURANCE CODE CHANGES"
description: "INSURANCE CODE CHANGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 235"
citation: "New Mexico HB 235 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS & INDUSTRY", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lujan, Tara L."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1369e7cc-1873-486b-a07a-f0ff4df17fb4"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=235&year=21"
source_hash: "ab34b2bf59af331cdc63e8051043ef57bcd0c80d915a2a08e0b59d8fe790976f"
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 235 (2021) — INSURANCE CODE 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/HB0235.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/HB0235.PDF)
3. **JC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0235JCS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0235.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Lujan, Tara L. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** Sent to House Commerce & Economic Development Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-06** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **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/1369e7cc-1873-486b-a07a-f0ff4df17fb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).