---
type: "Bill"
title: "SEN. HOWIE C. MORALES, CONGRATS"
description: "SEN. HOWIE C. MORALES, CONGRATS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SM 42"
citation: "New Mexico SM 42 (2018)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "CONGRATULATORY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Neill, Bill B.", "Sapien, John M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 3
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-01-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68145c5c-910d-4204-b389-99c7463b7dea"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=M&legNo=42&year=18"
source_hash: "f83d5270fe8825fbc57af2f9979252735beb57152cd55e21970403870af68717"
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 SM 42 (2018) — SEN. HOWIE C. MORALES, CONGRATS

## 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/SM042.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM042.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- O'Neill, Bill B. — primary (person)
- Sapien, John M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
- **2018-01-24** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-01-25** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68145c5c-910d-4204-b389-99c7463b7dea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).