---
type: "Bill"
title: "NURSING SHORTAGE TASK FORCE"
description: "NURSING SHORTAGE TASK FORCE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HM 36"
citation: "New Mexico HM 36 (2026)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cates, Kathleen", "Roybal Caballero, Patricia"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82c6c22c-1073-408a-92de-45265dd2d5f4"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=36&year=26"
source_hash: "f93453c00bbe5a04fae13f48a31b85feb2b3cc17bf47fdde92847c60499219e7"
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 HM 36 (2026) — NURSING SHORTAGE TASK FORCE

## 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/HM036.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/memorials/house/HM036.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **55–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cates, Kathleen — primary (person)
- Roybal Caballero, Patricia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-19** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-11** 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/82c6c22c-1073-408a-92de-45265dd2d5f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).