---
type: "Bill"
title: "REFUSAL OF END-OF-LIFE OPTIONS ACT"
description: "REFUSAL OF END-OF-LIFE OPTIONS ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 471"
citation: "New Mexico SB 471 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cervantes, Joseph", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/912e7f9e-5ea3-4d42-8b35-d06cb56bb64a"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=471&year=23"
source_hash: "6fe706dad49f44b698d9a96d124c30f2448aa3adb46c83eb3fedff47918763fa"
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 471 (2023) — REFUSAL OF END-OF-LIFE OPTIONS ACT

## 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/SB0471.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0471.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Cervantes, Joseph — primary (person)
- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-25** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-09** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-10** 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/912e7f9e-5ea3-4d42-8b35-d06cb56bb64a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).