---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRIBAL CUSTOMARY ADOPTION"
description: "TRIBAL CUSTOMARY ADOPTION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HM 51"
citation: "New Mexico HM 51 (2019)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, D. Wonda", "Louis, Georgene"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b941f344-483c-4762-be1e-c2a9f6ed3545"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=51&year=19"
source_hash: "cc9e43fa202576adef62e89c224b9b0501196b77ffbd9ca435148660ef8416bf"
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 51 (2019) — TRIBAL CUSTOMARY ADOPTION

## 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/HM051.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/memorials/house/HM051.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Johnson, D. Wonda — primary (person)
- Louis, Georgene — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Sent to House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** passed House `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b941f344-483c-4762-be1e-c2a9f6ed3545`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).