---
type: "Bill"
title: "COST-SHARING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PRESCRIPTIONS"
description: "COST-SHARING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PRESCRIPTIONS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 51"
citation: "New Mexico SB 51 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\"", "Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87cb40a6-7180-4416-8ea3-19b1858b9f54"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=51&year=23"
source_hash: "5d74968dd82b0c22a5bfdb5f5a145d4d126435df6fadfe7c34b0322c0791e8f5"
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 51 (2023) — COST-SHARING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PRESCRIPTIONS

## 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/SB0051.pdf)
2. **CT substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0051CTS.HTML)
3. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/SB0051.PDF)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0051.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)
- Thomson, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2023-03-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-17** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-18** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2023-03-16** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** referred to Senate Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-11** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87cb40a6-7180-4416-8ea3-19b1858b9f54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).