---
type: "Bill"
title: "HMO & CONTRACT PROVIDER EXAM TIME LINES"
description: "HMO & CONTRACT PROVIDER EXAM TIME LINES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 398"
citation: "New Mexico HB 398 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong, Gail", "Dow, Rebecca", "Duncan, Mark", "Maestas, Antonio"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19b49a73-93ec-4500-b9b7-3de7e48efa6d"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=398&year=25"
source_hash: "a5cfc94d8f1d35c9450ef3df923726864605f6bcb10220cf28285e55e583c520"
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 398 (2025) — HMO & CONTRACT PROVIDER EXAM TIME LINES

## 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/25%20Regular/final/HB0398.PDF)
2. **HC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0398HCS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0398.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Armstrong, Gail — primary (person)
- Dow, Rebecca — primary (person)
- Duncan, Mark — primary (person)
- Maestas, Antonio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee & House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** passed Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-20** passed House `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19b49a73-93ec-4500-b9b7-3de7e48efa6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).