New Mexico 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HM 29 — DRIVER'S LICENSES & DIABETES

Last action — Signed

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic) on April 22, 2025.

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Advancing 52% · moderate confidence

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

77 added · 103 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amended bill now includes a request for the Legislative Health and Human Services Committee to investigate and possibly revise the rules regarding driver's licenses for people with diabetes. Previously, these rules required annual physician reports that could be cumbersome, even though many drivers with diabetes closely monitor their health. This change is important as it aims to reduce unnecessary barriers for individuals managing their condition, while still prioritizing driver safety based on updated medical understanding.

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HOUSE MEMORIAL 29 57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEWMEXICO - FIRST SESSION 2025 INTRODUCED BY John Block 6 8 10 A MEMORIAL REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE THE CURRENT RULES FOR APPLYING FOR AND RENEWING DRIVER'S LICENSES FOR PEOPLE WITH DIABETES, ASSESS WHETHER THE RULES CAN BE REVISED TO BE LESS BURDENSOME WHILE MAINTAINING DRIVER SAFETY IN LIGHT OF CURRENT MEDICAL SCIENCE AND PRACTICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DIABETES AND DEVELOP LEGISLATION BASED ON THE e t 17 COMMITTEE'S FINDINGS.
A MEMORIAL REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE THE CURRENT RULES FOR APPLYING FOR AND RENEWING DRIVER'S LICENSES FOR PEOPLE WITH DIABETES, ASSESS WHETHER THE RULES CAN BE REVISED TO BE LESS BURDENSOME WHILE MAINTAINING DRIVER SAFETY IN LIGHT OF CURRENT MEDICAL SCIENCE AND PRACTICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DIABETES AND DEVELOP LEGISLATION BASED ON THE COMMITTEE'S FINDINGS.
w l n d 18 = = 19 a l WHEREAS, current rules for certain driver's licenses in i a e r 20 New Mexico require drivers with diabetes to annually present a a t m m 21 physician's report stating that they have not had an episode of d r e 22 ketosis or other metabolic disorder in order to renew their c e s k 23 licenses;
WHEREAS, current rules for certain driver's licenses in New Mexico require drivers with diabetes to annually present a physician's report stating that they have not had an episode of ketosis or other metabolic disorder in order to renew their licenses;
and e a n b 24 u [ WHEREAS, ketosis is not uncommon and is, in fact, a goal of the popular "keto diet";
and WHEREAS, ketosis is not uncommon and is, in fact, a goal of the popular "keto diet";
and .230305.1 WHEREAS, although a much more serious condition called ketoacidosis is most prevalent within the population of people with type one diabetes, it is still fairly rare, with an estimated incidence of approximately two episodes of ketoacidosis per one hundred patient-years of diabetes;
and WHEREAS, although a much more serious condition called ketoacidosis is most prevalent within the population of people with type one diabetes, it is still fairly rare, with an estimated incidence of approximately two episodes of ketoacidosis per one hundred patient-years of diabetes;
and WHEREAS, scheduling a doctor's appointment can be time- consuming and arduous, particularly in rural areas;
and HM 29 Page 1 WHEREAS, scheduling a doctor's appointment can be time- consuming and arduous, particularly in rural areas;
and WHEREAS, the use of the term ketosis rather than ketoacidosis in the New Mexico Administrative Code indicates e t 17 that the issue of driver safety for drivers with diabetes has w l n d 18 not been examined in many years;
and WHEREAS, the use of the term ketosis rather than ketoacidosis in the New Mexico Administrative Code indicates that the issue of driver safety for drivers with diabetes has not been examined in many years;
= = 19 a l NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF i a e r 20 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the legislative a t m m 21 health and human services committee be requested during the d r e 22 2025 interim to:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the legislative health and human services committee be requested during the 2025 interim to:
c e s k 23 A.
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e a n b 24 (1) the rules for people with diabetes to u [ apply for or renew driver's licenses in light of current .230305.1 - 2 - medical science and practice with regard to people with diabetes;
(1) the rules for people with diabetes to apply for or renew driver's licenses in light of current medical science and practice with regard to people with diabetes;
and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the chair and vice chair of the legislative health and human services committee upon their appointment by the New Mexico legislative council for the 2025 interim;
and HM 29 Page 2 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the chair and vice chair of the legislative health and human services committee upon their appointment by the New Mexico legislative council for the 2025 interim;
- 3 - e t 17 w l n d 18 = = 19 a l i a e r 20 a t m m 21 d r e 22 c e s k 23 e a n b 24 u [ .230305.1
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Action History

  1. Signed

  2. passed House

  3. DO PASS committee report adopted

  4. Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee

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HM 29 is sponsored by John Block (Republican).
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