---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"FOSTER PARENT & ADVOCATE DAY\""
description: "\"FOSTER PARENT & ADVOCATE DAY\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HM 20"
citation: "New Mexico HM 20 (2019)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS (marriage", "divorce", "custody", "support)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dow, Rebecca", "Fajardo, Kelly K.", "Ruiloba, Patricio"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7a6a8cb-9369-4977-b67a-de8dbbd3eb49"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=20&year=19"
source_hash: "58cad3764f8ba71dacd49bd01d48d954385c287cbf1aa5d7e6c419bd588af74e"
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 20 (2019) — "FOSTER PARENT & ADVOCATE 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/19%20Regular/final/HM020.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/memorials/house/HM020.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Dow, Rebecca — primary (person)
- Fajardo, Kelly K. — primary (person)
- Ruiloba, Patricio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
- **2019-03-01** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2019-03-01** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-04** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7a6a8cb-9369-4977-b67a-de8dbbd3eb49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).