---
type: "Bill"
title: "PARENTAL PAID-LEAVE PROGRAM"
description: "PARENTAL PAID-LEAVE PROGRAM"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HM 4"
citation: "New Mexico HM 4 (2018)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ely, Daymon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 5
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-05"
last_action: "2018-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89e5a5b4-b508-41f6-aa1e-5894ca095cf3"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=4&year=18"
source_hash: "272f52f1cc84c1ac9f6d08f1e99b5cfc28525401d32979b9336f52ec23e27d26"
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 4 (2018) — PARENTAL PAID-LEAVE PROGRAM

## 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/HM004.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/memorials/house/HM004.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ely, Daymon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-05** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Sent to House Health and Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-10** passed House `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89e5a5b4-b508-41f6-aa1e-5894ca095cf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).