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type: "Bill"
title: "WHEELCHAIR INSURANCE COVERAGE"
description: "WHEELCHAIR INSURANCE COVERAGE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 38"
citation: "New Mexico HB 38 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABILITIES", "HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cates, Kathleen", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\"", "Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f96ac1f-6433-4a33-b6a1-acf62067f735"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=38&year=26"
source_hash: "a2303e51df4c89631d34cbb15abedff3dc90f460bdd4b3d6fed81de8cd170470"
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 38 (2026) — WHEELCHAIR INSURANCE COVERAGE
## 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/HB0038.PDF)
2. **HC substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0038HCS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/HB0038.HTML)
## Votes
- house passage — **680** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cates, Kathleen — primary (person)
- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)
- Thomson, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-18** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-06** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2026-02-06** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-26** withdrawn printed germane prefile `withdrawal`
- **2026-01-26** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-15** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-14** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-10** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-11** special
- **2026-02-11** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** 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/4f96ac1f-6433-4a33-b6a1-acf62067f735`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).