---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRAINING ON STRANGULATION IN DOMESTIC ABUSE"
description: "TRAINING ON STRANGULATION IN DOMESTIC ABUSE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 40"
citation: "New Mexico HB 40 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT (sheriffs", "police)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Youngblood, Monica"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-15"
last_action: "2018-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4778c76-b33a-4793-9d20-09e41e2a43b2"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=40&year=18"
source_hash: "8a8f068be3e6457df615b97dad319f5f023abfbbf94bc1d3a67b021184b243a9"
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 HB 40 (2018) — TRAINING ON STRANGULATION IN DOMESTIC ABUSE

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/final/HB0040.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/bills/house/HB0040.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Youngblood, Monica — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-12-15** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** passed House `passage`
- **2018-02-08** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** not printed House Rules and Order of Business Committee
- **2018-01-23** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2018-01-23** germane & printed
- **2018-01-23** referred to House Health and Human Services Committee & House State Government, Indian and Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-10** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-03-02** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4778c76-b33a-4793-9d20-09e41e2a43b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).