---
type: "Bill"
title: "ENCOURAGE PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES"
description: "ENCOURAGE PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HM 82"
citation: "New Mexico HM 82 (2018)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong, Deborah A.", "Roybal Caballero, Patricia", "Stapleton, Sheryl Williams", "Trujillo, Christine", "Trujillo, Linda M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edff80ea-ecdf-49d1-bd4b-c07e963e99f8"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=82&year=18"
source_hash: "cb2914e7650d5d8155798fc2af957272d8148de30314df55fbb6e0629c1b7001"
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 82 (2018) — ENCOURAGE PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES

## 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/HM082.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/memorials/house/HM082.HTML)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Armstrong, Deborah A. — primary (person)
- Roybal Caballero, Patricia — primary (person)
- Stapleton, Sheryl Williams — primary (person)
- Trujillo, Christine — primary (person)
- Trujillo, Linda M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-05** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **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/edff80ea-ecdf-49d1-bd4b-c07e963e99f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).