---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH PROFESSIONAL LOAN REPAYMENT"
description: "HEALTH PROFESSIONAL LOAN REPAYMENT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 209"
citation: "New Mexico HB 209 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "OTHER", "HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong, Gail", "Figueroa, Natalie", "Hernandez, Joshua N.", "Ortez, Kristina", "Szczepanski, Reena"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ae284d4-094c-4ce4-a9ce-fecfa58c21c2"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=209&year=23"
source_hash: "33d124d73fa8fe780c1263d3ae3b7b9257cf97584595c97761792e54069afb24"
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 209 (2023) — HEALTH PROFESSIONAL LOAN REPAYMENT

## 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/23%20Regular/final/HB0209.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0209.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Armstrong, Gail — primary (person)
- Figueroa, Natalie — primary (person)
- Hernandez, Joshua N. — primary (person)
- Ortez, Kristina — primary (person)
- Szczepanski, Reena — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Sent to House Education Committee & House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ae284d4-094c-4ce4-a9ce-fecfa58c21c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).