---
type: "Bill"
title: "OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE CHANGES"
description: "OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE CHANGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 279"
citation: "New Mexico SB 279 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "LICENSURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Neill, Bill B."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0c0d33d-6f5b-4d31-958f-197b867ed8f9"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=279&year=21"
source_hash: "5c8e877982755e5cc8cc77de3de9ec2d1cda8f8003b9159e2d76e8f8c3bc5667"
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 SB 279 (2021) — OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE CHANGES

## 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/SB0279.PDF)
2. **JU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0279JUS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0279.HTML)

## Sponsors

- O'Neill, Bill B. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** 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`
- **2021-03-17** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-13** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-15** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0c0d33d-6f5b-4d31-958f-197b867ed8f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).