---
type: "Bill"
title: "MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CHANGES"
description: "MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CHANGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 99"
citation: "New Mexico HB 99 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong, Gail", "Chandler, Christine", "Gallegos, Doreen Y.", "Hochman-Vigil, Dayan", "Silva, Sarah"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e3eea34-b6b3-459d-8141-19ca2b04a5f6"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=99&year=26"
source_hash: "41c0f503406ce01814fbd4d5547dcf16cf6f104e4a620ed0ffb8bbffc4cf1ca6"
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 99 (2026) — MEDICAL MALPRACTICE 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/HB0099 OLD.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/HB0099.PDF)
3. **JC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0099JCS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0099.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **40–2** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **66–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Armstrong, Gail — primary (person)
- Chandler, Christine — primary (person)
- Gallegos, Doreen Y. — primary (person)
- Hochman-Vigil, Dayan — primary (person)
- Silva, Sarah — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-17** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2026-02-17** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-01-16** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-22** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-14** passed House `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-14** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** 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/2e3eea34-b6b3-459d-8141-19ca2b04a5f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).