---
type: "Bill"
title: "INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT STUDY & REPORT"
description: "INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT STUDY & REPORT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HM 83"
citation: "New Mexico HM 83 (2018)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS", "CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, D. Wonda", "Lente, Derrick J.", "Louis, Georgene"]
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/5bef7d64-2bd4-4d1a-9ccc-8db1f6980ac4"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=83&year=18"
source_hash: "53259b4c5223e5d93ac2771d12bda79ac744d7708017496de71e785a9e13a9b4"
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 83 (2018) — INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT STUDY & REPORT

## 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/HM083.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/memorials/house/HM083.HTML)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Johnson, D. Wonda — primary (person)
- Lente, Derrick J. — primary (person)
- Louis, Georgene — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** Sent to House State Government, Indian and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** DO PASS 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/5bef7d64-2bd4-4d1a-9ccc-8db1f6980ac4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).