---
type: "Bill"
title: "DISABILITY & SURVIVOR PENSIONS CHANGES"
description: "DISABILITY & SURVIVOR PENSIONS CHANGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 43"
citation: "New Mexico HB 43 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["OFFICERS & EMPLOYEES", "PUBLIC", "SENIOR CITIZENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Borrego, Cynthia", "Chavez, Nicole", "Johnson, D. Wonda", "Lujan, Tara L.", "Sanchez, Joseph"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abe1165f-025d-4780-b0e0-3dd8263a1d61"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=43&year=26"
source_hash: "ac0eb45a384ada7a55409555edccf2e7151f92d8815b787bc8aeda7fad761b04"
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 43 (2026) — DISABILITY & SURVIVOR PENSIONS CHANGES

## 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/HB0043.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0043.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Borrego, Cynthia — primary (person)
- Chavez, Nicole — primary (person)
- Johnson, D. Wonda — primary (person)
- Lujan, Tara L. — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Joseph — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2026-03-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-01-22** withdrawn printed germane prefile `withdrawal`
- **2026-01-22** Sent to House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee & House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-10** 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** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-04** 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/abe1165f-025d-4780-b0e0-3dd8263a1d61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).