---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL LOAN FUND CHANGES"
description: "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL LOAN FUND CHANGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 66"
citation: "New Mexico HB 66 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chandler, Christine", "Chávez, Eleanor", "Figueroa, Natalie"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51c46666-70c4-4d88-8486-fd158858d1ce"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=66&year=26"
source_hash: "444ceb6abab64b419eb59202f9e6abed5f628f492765f82c5d06c4819638a57e"
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 66 (2026) — HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL LOAN FUND CHANGES

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendments in Context** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0066.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/HB0066.PDF)
3. **HC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0066HCS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0066.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chandler, Christine — primary (person)
- Chávez, Eleanor — primary (person)
- Figueroa, Natalie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-18** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-01-09** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** withdrawn printed germane prefile `withdrawal`
- **2026-02-02** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2026-02-06** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-15** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-14** passed House `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-17** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-11** DO PASS, as amended, 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/51c46666-70c4-4d88-8486-fd158858d1ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).