---
type: "Bill"
title: "MEDICAL CANNABIS ID AND RENEWAL"
description: "MEDICAL CANNABIS ID AND RENEWAL"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 242"
citation: "New Mexico SB 242 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOL & DRUGS", "HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz y Pino, Gerald"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd6470cb-b05c-428b-9b52-c28d386ada0a"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=242&year=23"
source_hash: "ff0ecb714aa35174b22d292e17476e2fd55d570b63cfcfb4cbfbe6e062fe6fd0"
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 242 (2023) — MEDICAL CANNABIS ID AND RENEWAL

## 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/SB0242.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0242.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Ortiz y Pino, Gerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-25** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-07** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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/cd6470cb-b05c-428b-9b52-c28d386ada0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).