HM 13 New Mexico House · 2025 Regular Session

"PUBLIC HEALTH DAY"

House Memorial 13 (HM 13), titled "PUBLIC HEALTH DAY," declares February 5, 2025, as "Public Health Day" in the New Mexico House of Representatives. It recognizes New Mexico's public health organizations - including the New Mexico Public Health Association (established 1917) and county/tribal health councils (operating for 34 years) - for their combined 142 years of service in improving community health and advancing health equity. The memorial honors these groups' roles in pandemic response, community health planning, and addressing health inequities. As a ceremonial resolution, it does not create new laws or policies but formally celebrates their contributions.

Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Signed into Law

Feb 2025

Introduced Feb 4, 2025 Signed Feb 6, 2025

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What changed between versions

introduced version → Final Version · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a traditional legislative format to a cleaner, more modern style with improved readability. The substantive content remained largely the same, though some wording was refined for clarity and flow. The bill declares February 5, 2025 as 'Public Health Day' in the House of Representatives and recognizes the contributions of public health organizations in New Mexico.

TECHNICAL

Formatting and layout were significantly improved, removing unnecessary line numbers and reorganizing the document structure for better readability

Some WHEREAS clauses were reworded slightly for improved flow and clarity, particularly around descriptions of public health organizations' work

New content was added acknowledging the New Mexico Alliance of Health Councils and its partnership with the New Mexico Public Health Association

The historical context about community health councils was updated to reflect the 2019 County and Tribal Health Councils Act that replaced earlier legislation

Floor votes · House Feb 5, 2025

How they voted

67–0

Passed

Total votes 67

Feb 5, 2025

D Democratic41

41 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican26

26 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Feb 6, 2025

Signed into law

Signed

executive

Feb 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

passed House

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

not printed, not referred to committee, tabled

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors