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+type: "Bill"
+title: "STUDY FAIR FOSTER PARENT COMPENSATION"
+description: "STUDY FAIR FOSTER PARENT COMPENSATION"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
+legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HM 59"
+citation: "New Mexico HM 59 (2026)"
+classification: ["memorial"]
+subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dow, Rebecca", "Herndon, Pamelya", "Herrera, Susan K.", "Lundstrom, Patricia A.", "Romero, Andrea"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 4
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-02-11"
+last_action: "2026-03-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/077cff22-4468-445f-96b5-8523bc4ad552"
+source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=59&year=26"
+source_hash: "88f532c74018695c95df8365c6b7de7161eb4f75dcc16b7b11d0cce728d1b03f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nm"]
+---
+
+# New Mexico HM 59 (2026) — STUDY FAIR FOSTER PARENT COMPENSATION
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/HM059.PDF)
+2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/memorials/house/HM059.HTML)
+
+## Votes
+
+- house passage — **55–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dow, Rebecca — primary (person)
+- Herndon, Pamelya — primary (person)
+- Herrera, Susan K. — primary (person)
+- Lundstrom, Patricia A. — primary (person)
+- Romero, Andrea — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-09** Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2026-02-19** passed House `passage`
+- **2026-02-11** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/077cff22-4468-445f-96b5-8523bc4ad552`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).
+