---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"MILITARY & VETERANS' DAY\""
description: "\"MILITARY & VETERANS' DAY\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SM 53"
citation: "New Mexico SM 53 (2018)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "OTHER", "MILITARY AFFAIRS (national guard", "vets)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Payne, William H."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-02-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/723f4841-89ee-4102-8b4f-67d87d9ce012"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=M&legNo=53&year=18"
source_hash: "b4cc2f3384ae4524bfb85e1efe2e7c23d764ddf4d7f6986b6e3814bf0ac4608f"
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 53 (2018) — "MILITARY & VETERANS' 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/SM053.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/18%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM053.HTML)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Payne, William H. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
- **2018-01-31** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2018-01-31** passed Senate `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/723f4841-89ee-4102-8b4f-67d87d9ce012`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).