---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"NEW MEXICO PUBLIC EDUCATOR APPRECIATION DAY\""
description: "\"NEW MEXICO PUBLIC EDUCATOR APPRECIATION DAY\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SM 12"
citation: "New Mexico SM 12 (2019)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart, Mimi"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 5
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-02-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c47f7d7-dc71-4a88-b5ea-8f3a65db5288"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=M&legNo=12&year=19"
source_hash: "791ea9daaae0edb3d26877d0222d05eaa121914cfdafcda0c134d3d263fdb04c"
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 12 (2019) — "NEW MEXICO PUBLIC EDUCATOR APPRECIATION 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/SM012.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM012.HTML)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Stewart, Mimi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-21** not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
- **2019-02-18** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2019-02-18** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-20** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c47f7d7-dc71-4a88-b5ea-8f3a65db5288`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).