---
type: "Bill"
title: "DEATH PRONOUNCEMENTS BY NURSES"
description: "DEATH PRONOUNCEMENTS BY NURSES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 168"
citation: "New Mexico SB 168 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chandler, Christine", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0400759a-fcaf-49b2-be80-306f5c0c2418"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=168&year=23"
source_hash: "8004a8b5707f0f02ee0b09514b5907ddd6298cbca6cf7cf6b2ab0fec4e17dd6c"
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 168 (2023) — DEATH PRONOUNCEMENTS BY NURSES

## 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/SB0168.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/SB0168.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0168.HTML)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-03** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-14** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-04** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0400759a-fcaf-49b2-be80-306f5c0c2418`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).