republic-os/legislation/us/states/nm/2021/sb-71.md

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Bill	PATIENTS' DEBT COLLECTION PROTECTION ACT	PATIENTS' DEBT COLLECTION PROTECTION ACT	us/states/nm	New Mexico Legislature	2021	SB 71	New Mexico SB 71 (2021)	bill	FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES	enacted	Armstrong, Deborah A. Duhigg, Katy M. Hickey, Martin	5	13	0	2021-01-19	2021-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/4c11757b-f42c-40fa-bc59-a7976d447af8	http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=71&year=21	6dd0b039327be5ba642491b6f5605441afeb1807425ed0dfa9a6b945da1fd0b9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nm

New Mexico SB 71 (2021) — PATIENTS' DEBT COLLECTION PROTECTION ACT

Version chain

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

1. Amendments in Context (committee substitute) — source
2. FS substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Version (committee substitute) — source
4. JU substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. introduced version (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Armstrong, Deborah A. — primary (person)
• Duhigg, Katy M. — primary (person)
• Hickey, Martin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-19 Sent to introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-01-19 Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-02-10 DO PASS committee report adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-18 DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute committee-passage
• 2021-03-02 special
• 2021-03-08 DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute committee-passage
• 2021-03-10 passed Senate passage
• 2021-03-17 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2021-03-13 DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-11 Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-16 floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
• 2021-03-16 passed House passage
• 2021-04-06 Signed executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4c11757b-f42c-40fa-bc59-a7976d447af8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).