---
type: "Bill"
title: "REDUCE SCHOOL FOOD WASTE"
description: "REDUCE SCHOOL FOOD WASTE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HM 55"
citation: "New Mexico HM 55 (2018)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong, Deborah A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08125b5a-40c6-4ed8-a28f-e9b9f7bb6d96"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=55&year=18"
source_hash: "e99cd888d7fa4b02bbb98378d3f4c5870cc9b7376eca246594dc58577569afa6"
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 55 (2018) — REDUCE SCHOOL FOOD WASTE

## 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/HM055.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/memorials/house/HM055.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **57–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Armstrong, Deborah A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** Sent to House Health and Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-12** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** passed House `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08125b5a-40c6-4ed8-a28f-e9b9f7bb6d96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).