---
type: "Bill"
title: "PRIOR AUTHORIZATION & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS"
description: "PRIOR AUTHORIZATION & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "New Mexico SB 20 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOL & DRUGS", "HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hickey, Martin E.", "López, Linda M.", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\"", "Szczepanski, Reena", "Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 4
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-26"
last_action: "2026-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70c68474-afe6-49fb-b79c-1236e9f057fa"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=20&year=26"
source_hash: "f3cd99b4b888ce677651ecc0d10787ddd7bdd09ccdfefb007653a768ad6d839d"
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 SB 20 (2026) — PRIOR AUTHORIZATION & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

## Version chain

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

1. **CT substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0020CTS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/SB0020.PDF)
3. **PA substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0020PAS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0020.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **43–6** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hickey, Martin E. — primary (person)
- López, Linda M. — primary (person)
- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)
- Szczepanski, Reena — primary (person)
- Thomson, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-19** passed House `passage`
- **2026-01-26** Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-07** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-29** germane
- **2026-03-06** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-11** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-16** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-12** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70c68474-afe6-49fb-b79c-1236e9f057fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).