---
type: "Bill"
title: "DENTAL INSURANCE CHANGES"
description: "DENTAL INSURANCE CHANGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 17"
citation: "New Mexico SB 17 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lujan, Tara L.", "Tallman, Bill", "Wirth, Peter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f89c273-63fe-45b6-844b-9321edde9f4a"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=17&year=23"
source_hash: "05db18503b15f74e741e4edd4af8329f0ac3aff0ab532e4eb6b9cd685db3c169"
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 17 (2023) — DENTAL INSURANCE CHANGES

## 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/SB0017.PDF)
2. **JU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0017JUS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0017.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Lujan, Tara L. — primary (person)
- Tallman, Bill — primary (person)
- Wirth, Peter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION committee report adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-17** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-11** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f89c273-63fe-45b6-844b-9321edde9f4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).