---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELIZABETH WHITEFIELD END-OF-LIFE OPTIONS ACT"
description: "ELIZABETH WHITEFIELD END-OF-LIFE OPTIONS ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 47"
citation: "New Mexico HB 47 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES & PENALTIES", "HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong, Deborah A.", "Hochman-Vigil, Dayan", "O'Neill, Bill B.", "Roybal Caballero, Patricia", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40a894a1-5404-4c27-875f-37a0eaef7043"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=47&year=21"
source_hash: "daa82c9845ddcc626513aec7b1f4c0226fb7e3bb5ecd44da9a7098c20e55c3ab"
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 47 (2021) — ELIZABETH WHITEFIELD END-OF-LIFE OPTIONS 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/HB0047.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/HB0047.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0047.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Armstrong, Deborah A. — primary (person)
- Hochman-Vigil, Dayan — primary (person)
- O'Neill, Bill B. — primary (person)
- Roybal Caballero, Patricia — primary (person)
- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-19** passed House `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-15** floor substitute adopted (2 amendment)
- **2021-03-16** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **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/40a894a1-5404-4c27-875f-37a0eaef7043`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).