---
type: "Bill"
title: "STEP THERAPY GUIDELINES"
description: "STEP THERAPY GUIDELINES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 135"
citation: "New Mexico SB 135 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandt, Craig W.", "Hemphill, Siah Correa", "Ivey-Soto, Daniel A.", "Maestas, Antonio", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 4
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc3d88d0-b4a1-4684-879f-910f6a6793f2"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=135&year=24"
source_hash: "d8183973d61ea65be750ec9958a7ffdfdd7931e990b981c9791ba9f11b92a97c"
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 135 (2024) — STEP THERAPY GUIDELINES

## 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/SB0135.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/final/SB0135.PDF)
3. **PA substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0135PAS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0135.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **38–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandt, Craig W. — primary (person)
- Hemphill, Siah Correa — primary (person)
- Ivey-Soto, Daniel A. — primary (person)
- Maestas, Antonio — primary (person)
- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** germane
- **2024-02-13** passed House `passage`
- **2024-02-07** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** passed Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-08** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-12** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-04** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc3d88d0-b4a1-4684-879f-910f6a6793f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).