---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY FUND DISTRIBUTION"
description: "HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY FUND DISTRIBUTION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7"
citation: "New Mexico HB 7 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dixon, Meredith A.", "Hemphill, Siah Correa", "Szczepanski, Reena"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6ab548e-1b79-4b5d-a702-5c7953cb7bed"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=7&year=24"
source_hash: "4068e6e47ffbf5653734465d71fbbbfeaf917af2577b1d7855e3b555d7e803e1"
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 HB 7 (2024) — HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY FUND DISTRIBUTION

## 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/24%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0007.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/final/HB0007.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/bills/house/HB0007.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **26–13** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **51–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dixon, Meredith A. — primary (person)
- Hemphill, Siah Correa — primary (person)
- Szczepanski, Reena — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-11** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** passed House `passage`
- **2024-02-09** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-11** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-13** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-14** House concurred in Senate amendments

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6ab548e-1b79-4b5d-a702-5c7953cb7bed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).