---
type: "Bill"
title: "DEV. DISABILITY SUPPORT PROVIDER EMPLOYEES"
description: "DEV. DISABILITY SUPPORT PROVIDER EMPLOYEES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 395"
citation: "New Mexico HB 395 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "MENTAL HEALTH & DEV. DISABILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cates, Kathleen", "Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5019409-cfad-4eef-aa38-44f512aa2568"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=395&year=23"
source_hash: "75faf9d35c604a5360b6399c6b03c1dc89a0ed9430499472f03c69273368e5bc"
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 395 (2023) — DEV. DISABILITY SUPPORT PROVIDER EMPLOYEES

## 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/HB0395.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/HB0395.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0395.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Cates, Kathleen — primary (person)
- Thomson, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Sent to House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee & House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-06** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5019409-cfad-4eef-aa38-44f512aa2568`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).