---
type: "Bill"
title: "STUDY HIGHER ED HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS"
description: "STUDY HIGHER ED HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HM 4"
citation: "New Mexico HM 4 (2026)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "POST SECONDARY", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roybal Caballero, Patricia", "Torres-Velásquez, E. Diane"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 5
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df75be79-c6c8-46dc-ab00-e89af0dfcb70"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=4&year=26"
source_hash: "e2090ea5028760975dc1a99413bdf10dd82e23b9f877aa88bc963d5ed2f76a5f"
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 4 (2026) — STUDY HIGHER ED HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS

## 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/HM004.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/memorials/house/HM004.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **36–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roybal Caballero, Patricia — primary (person)
- Torres-Velásquez, E. Diane — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-02** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27** Sent to House Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** passed House `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df75be79-c6c8-46dc-ab00-e89af0dfcb70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).