---
type: "Bill"
title: "ORGAN DONATION DISCRIMINATION"
description: "ORGAN DONATION DISCRIMINATION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "New Mexico SB 71 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandt, Craig W.", "Jones, Jenifer", "Maestas, Antonio"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65758382-7575-46d8-8418-6e0513fc5349"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=71&year=23"
source_hash: "06778e6ccb78e27d7046727dc919d381ce289ebb9525789c6e9b462baa17d9ef"
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 71 (2023) — ORGAN DONATION DISCRIMINATION

## 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/SB0071.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/SB0071.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0071.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Brandt, Craig W. — primary (person)
- Jones, Jenifer — primary (person)
- Maestas, Antonio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee & Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-03** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-10** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** passed House `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/65758382-7575-46d8-8418-6e0513fc5349`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).