---
type: "Bill"
title: "3-YEAR INSURANCE PREMIUM RATE HEARINGS"
description: "3-YEAR INSURANCE PREMIUM RATE HEARINGS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 79"
citation: "New Mexico HB 79 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hochman-Vigil, Dayan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10dd6aa3-2b20-49e5-944c-46ec798f7676"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=79&year=23"
source_hash: "9c44a6cbc211f033f9e987d27052bd547c5b9daaf3626a55cb59f1039fc5077b"
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 79 (2023) — 3-YEAR INSURANCE PREMIUM RATE HEARINGS

## 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/HB0079.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0079.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Hochman-Vigil, Dayan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Commerce & Economic Development Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** passed House `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-04** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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/10dd6aa3-2b20-49e5-944c-46ec798f7676`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).