---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"NM PUBLIC EDUCATION APPRECIATION DAY\""
description: "\"NM PUBLIC EDUCATION APPRECIATION DAY\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HM 17"
citation: "New Mexico HM 17 (2018)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ely, Daymon", "Romero, G. Andrés", "Sariñana, Debra M.", "Stapleton, Sheryl Williams", "Trujillo, Christine"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 5
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62c1ae91-1165-46be-b6c3-a06297274c8e"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=17&year=18"
source_hash: "d46c43732a33765bb3ac9842301be7fbd00a6a70aeb31f4194a638689692fbd0"
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 17 (2018) — "NM PUBLIC EDUCATION APPRECIATION DAY"

## 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/HM017.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/memorials/house/HM017.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ely, Daymon — primary (person)
- Romero, G. Andrés — primary (person)
- Sariñana, Debra M. — primary (person)
- Stapleton, Sheryl Williams — primary (person)
- Trujillo, Christine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
- **2018-02-10** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2018-02-10** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2018-02-10** passed House `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62c1ae91-1165-46be-b6c3-a06297274c8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).