---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE"
description: "PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 586"
citation: "New Mexico HB 586 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chandler, Christine", "Duhigg, Katy M.", "Szczepanski, Reena"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7694d686-ed10-464b-9ff4-16e8aad19e8c"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=586&year=25"
source_hash: "dc3c15235ba613c5ace063907105e32fa6c579214b4aecf998e7a82977429dd0"
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 586 (2025) — PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE

## 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/HB0586.PDF)
2. **JC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0586JCS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0586.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **28–12** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **41–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chandler, Christine — primary (person)
- Duhigg, Katy M. — primary (person)
- Szczepanski, Reena — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2025-03-15** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2025-03-12** referred to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** passed House `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-20** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7694d686-ed10-464b-9ff4-16e8aad19e8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).