---
type: "Bill"
title: "ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS CHANGES"
description: "ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS CHANGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 35"
citation: "New Mexico SB 35 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "LICENSURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dixon, Meredith A.", "Hickey, Martin", "Padilla, Michael"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70c6c1da-0265-4861-9449-720dac37d611"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=35&year=23"
source_hash: "7a67c6ca9d110b7665dc952b8658e762a0098a8e9ce8a449ed6b4ce0eabe1b62"
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 35 (2023) — ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS CHANGES

## 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/SB0035.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/SB0035.PDF)
3. **JU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0035JUS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0035.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Dixon, Meredith A. — primary (person)
- Hickey, Martin — primary (person)
- Padilla, Michael — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-10** 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/70c6c1da-0265-4861-9449-720dac37d611`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).