---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"PUBLIC LANDS DAY\""
description: "\"PUBLIC LANDS DAY\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SJM 7"
citation: "New Mexico SJM 7 (2018)"
classification: ["joint memorial"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC LANDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tallman, Bill"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-28"
last_action: "2018-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a64e062-187b-42d4-9cf2-a88602542ec1"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=JM&legNo=7&year=18"
source_hash: "fbeb300e6917d7f7623d180a26c5ae0fa7bdd5e3548129d83cb5c9ccb51ae638"
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 SJM 7 (2018) — "PUBLIC LANDS DAY"

## 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/SJM007.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/memorials/senate/SJM007.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tallman, Bill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-28** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2018-02-02** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-01-22** tabled in Senate
- **2018-02-05** tabled in House
- **2018-03-14** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-14** passed House `passage`
- **2018-02-14** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a64e062-187b-42d4-9cf2-a88602542ec1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).