---
type: "Bill"
title: "BREAST EXAM HEALTH COVERAGE"
description: "BREAST EXAM HEALTH COVERAGE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 27"
citation: "New Mexico HB 27 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chandler, Christine", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\"", "Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/865e8bcb-617b-4d6f-9183-0b5d65895a80"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=27&year=23"
source_hash: "1968c2a7b21151c48da5c3c3982d8826fd3ab8788249380e05f8323ec7576c11"
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 27 (2023) — BREAST EXAM HEALTH COVERAGE

## 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/23%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0027.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/HB0027.PDF)
3. **JC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0027JCS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0027.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Chandler, Christine — primary (person)
- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)
- Thomson, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2023-02-25** passed House `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-18** Law Without Signature `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/865e8bcb-617b-4d6f-9183-0b5d65895a80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).