Senate Judiciary Committee passes New Mexico medical malpractice overhaul 8-1

Democratic senators pushed for 11 amendments to key aspects of the medical malpractice overhaul. Three of them passed.

By: Patrick Lohmann

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: February 17, 2026

Words: 597

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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The New Mexico Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday advanced House Bill 99, a medical malpractice overhaul, with Republicans and all but one Democrat voting in favor of the measure.

The 8-1 vote came at the end of a contentious three-hour hearing in which some Democratic committee members pushed sponsor Rep. Christine Chandler (D-Los Alamos) and committee members to support a series of 11 amendments to key aspects of the bill.

Many of …

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