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Read. Follow. Verify.New Mexico House Bill 31 Enacts the Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact
Last action · February 17, 2026: SHPAC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation with amendment(s)Sponsors: Nicole Chavez and 10 others
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill enacts the Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact, establishing a legal framework for the mutual recognition of emergency medical services personnel licenses across participating member states to facilitate day-to-day mobility and public access.
Establishes a coordinated interstate licensing and disciplinary database for emergency medical responders, allowing qualified technicians and paramedics to practice across participating state lines under specific operational conditions.
- Interstate compacts are legally binding agreements between states that require legislative enactment in each participating jurisdiction to coordinate policy or regulation across state lines. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Emergency medical services personnel
EMTs, advanced EMTs, and paramedics gain the ability to practice in remote member states under a privilege to practice, subject to compact rules and home state licensing.
State emergency medical services authorities
State licensing boards are required to share uniform data with a coordinated database, report adverse actions, and participate in the interstate commission.
Veterans and separating military service members and spouses
Member states must expedite their licensure applications and recognize valid national registry certifications as satisfying minimum training requirements.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Who keeps track of disciplinary actions and license suspensions across states?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
6 actions- Feb 17, 2026SenateSHPAC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation with amendment(s)
- Jan 29, 2026SenateCommitteeSent to SHPAC - Referrals: SHPAC/SJC
- Jan 28, 2026HouseFloorPassed in the House of Representatives - Y:68 N:0
- Jan 27, 2026HouseHJC: Reported by committee with Do Not Pass but with a Do Pass recommendation on Committee Substitution
- Jan 21, 2026HouseHHHC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation
- Jan 20, 2026HouseCommitteeSent to HHHC - Referrals: HHHC/HJC
Version history
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Full breakdown
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Sponsors
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Discoveries
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Interstate License Recognition for EMS
The bill moves New Mexico toward joining a multi-state framework that replaces separate state-by-state application barriers with mutual license recognition.
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Sources
www.nmlegis.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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