NURSING SHORTAGE TASK FORCE
House Memorial 36 requests the New Mexico Board of Nursing to create a task force addressing the state's nursing shortage crisis. The task force would include representatives from nursing organizations, hospitals, nursing education groups, and high schools, and must identify barriers to nursing education enrollment, program expansion, and nurse retention. It requires the task force to report findings and recommendations to health and finance legislative committees by specific deadlines. This memorial directly affects the Board of Nursing and participating healthcare organizations, aiming to improve nursing workforce planning without creating new laws.
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
Mar 2026
Introduced Feb 2, 2026
Signed Mar 9, 2026
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The bill was reformatted from a multi-page document to a single-page layout with corrected line numbers and removed bracketed deletion markers. The substantive policy content, including the request for a nursing task force, member organizations, and reporting requirements, remains unchanged.
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Floor votes · House Feb 19, 2026
How they voted
53–0
Passed · 13 other
Total votes 66
Feb 19, 2026
D
Democratic40
82% Yea
R
Republican26
76% Yea
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4
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Committee
1
Mar 9, 2026
Signed into law
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executive
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
passed House
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
DO PASS committee report adopted
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Introduced
Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee
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2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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