---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DAY\""
description: "\"BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DAY\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SM 5"
citation: "New Mexico SM 5 (2018)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "MENTAL HEALTH & DEV. DISABILITIES", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Papen, Mary Kay"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 5
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-01-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/759738fc-ef98-4709-b9ee-330cef61a1a6"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=M&legNo=5&year=18"
source_hash: "f8ced3842fa1d5517935261c4f03134d895cdbef9d68b534d2cb76e8cf830605"
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 5 (2018) — "BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 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/SM005.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM005.HTML)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Papen, Mary Kay — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2018-01-17** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-01-09** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
- **2018-01-22** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/759738fc-ef98-4709-b9ee-330cef61a1a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).