---
type: "Bill"
title: "ACCOUNTS FOR DISABLED ELIGIBILITY"
description: "ACCOUNTS FOR DISABLED ELIGIBILITY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 98"
citation: "New Mexico HB 98 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FINANCE", "PUBLIC", "HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc5ddc54-37d1-4135-9a97-59b1aa7eb24c"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=98&year=24"
source_hash: "b3a62a54371e975765783632d7613d2f0d02dd04eaea35f2b0a46d571053fae5"
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 98 (2024) — ACCOUNTS FOR DISABLED ELIGIBILITY

## 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/24%20Regular/final/HB0098.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/bills/house/HB0098.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-09** passed House `passage`
- **2024-02-02** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-09** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-15** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc5ddc54-37d1-4135-9a97-59b1aa7eb24c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).