---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE"
description: "PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 523"
citation: "New Mexico SB 523 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baca, Gregory A.", "Lane, T. Ryan", "Martínez, Javier", "Wirth, Peter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2326d6fa-2e4b-43e8-a674-ecd65de5f629"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=523&year=23"
source_hash: "fec9b0fd425d9f279b607bb18b0d5ace842269f63e454c8e4993654ed962f0d3"
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 523 (2023) — PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE

## 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/SB0523.pdf)
2. **CT substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0523CTS.HTML)
3. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/SB0523.PDF)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0523.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Baca, Gregory A. — primary (person)
- Lane, T. Ryan — primary (person)
- Martínez, Javier — primary (person)
- Wirth, Peter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** not printed Senate Conservation Committee
- **2023-03-14** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2023-03-14** referred to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Sent to House Commerce & Economic Development Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-15** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2023-03-15** passed Senate `passage`
- **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/2326d6fa-2e4b-43e8-a674-ecd65de5f629`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).