---
type: "Bill"
title: "DEFIBRILLATORS AT SCHOOL ATHLETIC EVENTS"
description: "DEFIBRILLATORS AT SCHOOL ATHLETIC EVENTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 256"
citation: "New Mexico HB 256 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gurrola, Yanira", "Herndon, Pamelya", "Johnson, D. Wonda", "Roybal Caballero, Patricia"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-30"
last_action: "2026-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/490ce1b6-612d-476e-bc16-c0f29fc28789"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=256&year=26"
source_hash: "4bd52205809340f503c512edfc743d28fe063b10d66cca99fa2ed650a8e3ad8f"
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 256 (2026) — DEFIBRILLATORS AT SCHOOL ATHLETIC EVENTS

## 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/HB0256.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0256.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gurrola, Yanira — primary (person)
- Herndon, Pamelya — primary (person)
- Johnson, D. Wonda — primary (person)
- Roybal Caballero, Patricia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03** withdrawn printed germane prefile `withdrawal`
- **2026-02-03** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-14** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-15** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-30** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2026-02-19** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/490ce1b6-612d-476e-bc16-c0f29fc28789`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).