---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"BETTER HEARING & SPEECH MONTH\""
description: "\"BETTER HEARING & SPEECH MONTH\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HM 2"
citation: "New Mexico HM 2 (2018)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stapleton, Sheryl Williams"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 5
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-12-28"
last_action: "2018-02-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/245ff4fe-d58c-4b49-9723-c6b694cb711a"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=2&year=18"
source_hash: "c02a3d375788fc435c7603b7ecc4ead6fb0d85a04733236a3d154f051df7b3cd"
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 2 (2018) — "BETTER HEARING & SPEECH MONTH"

## 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/HM002.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/memorials/house/HM002.HTML)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Stapleton, Sheryl Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-28** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
- **2018-01-26** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2018-01-26** passed House `passage`
- **2018-02-05** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/245ff4fe-d58c-4b49-9723-c6b694cb711a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).