---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY FUND DISTRIBUTIONS"
description: "HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY FUND DISTRIBUTIONS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4"
citation: "New Mexico HB 4 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FINANCE", "PUBLIC", "HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzales, Anita", "Gonzales, Roberto \"Bobby\" J.", "Hernandez, Joseph Franklin", "Szczepanski, Reena", "Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 4
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ea0ec84-d820-481a-b66b-88aecf0dcc97"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=4&year=26"
source_hash: "a8784548db8fafffb4d37f2caad56579e76b0d123eaac43caa94b144805afd61"
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 4 (2026) — HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY FUND DISTRIBUTIONS

## Version chain

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

1. **AF substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0004AFS.HTML)
2. **Amendments in Context** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0004.pdf)
3. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/HB0004.PDF)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0004.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **24–12** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **48–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gonzales, Anita — primary (person)
- Gonzales, Roberto "Bobby" J. — primary (person)
- Hernandez, Joseph Franklin — primary (person)
- Szczepanski, Reena — primary (person)
- Thomson, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-18** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-19** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2026-01-22** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-17** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-11** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-13** Sent to Senate Finance 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/4ea0ec84-d820-481a-b66b-88aecf0dcc97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).