---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROHIBIT CERTAIN HEALTH CARE FACILITY FEES"
description: "PROHIBIT CERTAIN HEALTH CARE FACILITY FEES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 306"
citation: "New Mexico HB 306 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\"", "Szczepanski, Reena"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08a1038e-9636-4108-80bc-436e0a0f8c40"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=306&year=26"
source_hash: "abec9b8fb4c9edfc9707eb7e6acd5585f50fb80809ba03eecfa50ef592a9cafc"
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 306 (2026) — PROHIBIT CERTAIN HEALTH CARE FACILITY FEES

## 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/HB0306.PDF)
2. **HC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0306HCS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0306.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)
- Szczepanski, Reena — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-18** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-14** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-15** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-04** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08a1038e-9636-4108-80bc-436e0a0f8c40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).