---
type: "Bill"
title: "NON-EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION"
description: "NON-EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 485"
citation: "New Mexico SB 485 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "HIGHWAYS", "ROADS & BRIDGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hochman-Vigil, Dayan", "Neville, Steven P."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e287427-149d-486a-94fb-aaf37d3130d7"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=485&year=23"
source_hash: "91fc228ecdb61efb254ec29f7a1ac5a2e46d7e3b9f0555dd6f1dd9a5fbef9a22"
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 485 (2023) — NON-EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION

## 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/SB0485.PDF)
2. **PA substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0485PAS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0485.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Hochman-Vigil, Dayan — primary (person)
- Neville, Steven P. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Sent to House Transportation, Public Works & Capital Improvements Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-11** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-04** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-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/4e287427-149d-486a-94fb-aaf37d3130d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).