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SB179 • 2026

UNM MEDICAL SPANISH EDUCATION PROGRAM

UNM MEDICAL SPANISH EDUCATION PROGRAM

Education Healthcare
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Senator Linda M. López, Senator Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, Senator Rex Wilson
Last action
Official status
[5] SCC/SEC/SFC-SCC-germane-SEC- DP-SFC API.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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UNM MEDICAL SPANISH EDUCATION PROGRAM

UNM MEDICAL SPANISH EDUCATION PROGRAM

What This Bill Does

  • UNM MEDICAL SPANISH EDUCATION PROGRAM

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 New Mexico Legislature

    SEC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation

  2. 2026-01-29 New Mexico Legislature

    SCC: Reported by committee to fall within the purview of a 30 day session

  3. 2026-01-28 New Mexico Legislature

    Sent to SCC - Referrals: SCC/SEC/SFC

  4. New Mexico Legislature

    Action Postponed Indefinitely

Official Summary Text

UNM MEDICAL SPANISH EDUCATION PROGRAM

Current Bill Text

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SB0179

SENATE BILL 179

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2026

INTRODUCED BY

Linda M. López
and
Antoinette Sedillo Lopez
and
Rex Wilson

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO TO FUND THE MEDICAL SPANISH EDUCATION
PROGRAM FOR HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER STUDENTS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

SECTION 1.
APPROPRIATION.--Three hundred fifty thousand
dollars ($350,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
board of regents of the university of New Mexico for
expenditure in fiscal years 2027 and 2028 for the health
sciences center office for diversity, equity and inclusion for
Spanish-language health sciences curriculum development and
implementation to enhance the medical Spanish education program
for health sciences center students. Any unexpended balance
remaining at the end of fiscal year 2028 shall revert to the
general fund.