HM 17 New Mexico House · 2025 Regular Session

"AMERICAN INDIAN DAY"

House Memorial 17 designates February 7, 2025, as "American Indian Day" in the New Mexico House of Representatives. This ceremonial memorial honors the contributions of New Mexico's 23 Native American nations, tribes, and pueblos to the state's cultural, economic, and historical heritage. It specifically recognizes milestones like Miguel Trujillo's 1948 voting rights victory and the Navajo code talkers' WWII service, while acknowledging current Native American legislators. As a symbolic resolution, it does not create new laws or policies but serves to commemorate Native American history and ongoing community 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 7, 2025 Signed Feb 12, 2025

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MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a traditional multi-column legislative layout to a modern single-column format. The substantive content of the memorial remains unchanged, declaring February 7, 2025 as American Indian Day in the House of Representatives and recognizing Native American contributions to New Mexico. No policy changes, funding amounts, eligibility criteria, or legal requirements were altered.

TECHNICAL

Reformatted document structure from multi-column layout to single-column layout for modern readability

Floor votes · House Feb 7, 2025

How they voted

67–0

Passed

Total votes 67

Feb 7, 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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Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 12, 2025

Signed into law

Signed

executive

Feb 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

passed House

lower

Feb 7, 2025

Committee

not printed, not referred to committee, tabled

lower

4 primary · 0 co-sponsors