---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIREFIGHTER OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE DISABLEMENT"
description: "FIREFIGHTER OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE DISABLEMENT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 128"
citation: "New Mexico HB 128 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYER & EMPLOYEE (including workers' comp)", "HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Borrego, Cynthia", "Little, Charlotte", "Nava, Cindy", "Roybal Caballero, Patricia", "Szczepanski, Reena"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fa94308-a6d9-486e-bdb6-6bfefc0dd8b9"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=128&year=26"
source_hash: "eeebb2ba123618118dabf94bb00edcc3fccee81dde556c69d6a5f4d895a18fe4"
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 128 (2026) — FIREFIGHTER OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE DISABLEMENT

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/HB0128.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0128.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **61–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Borrego, Cynthia — primary (person)
- Little, Charlotte — primary (person)
- Nava, Cindy — primary (person)
- Roybal Caballero, Patricia — primary (person)
- Szczepanski, Reena — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-18** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-01-22** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2026-02-06** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-17** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-30** withdrawn printed germane prefile `withdrawal`
- **2026-01-30** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-11** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fa94308-a6d9-486e-bdb6-6bfefc0dd8b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).