---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"UNM DAY\""
description: "\"UNM DAY\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SM 16"
citation: "New Mexico SM 16 (2020)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "CONGRATULATORY", "EDUCATION", "POST SECONDARY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Payne, William H."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-01-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80ad00b3-dac6-436b-a573-d913d98ac5b1"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=M&legNo=16&year=20"
source_hash: "e53789cc6eee7ed8b8c3c1ea6546edea4381a5a486f1e5a178ec84f14ce6a566"
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 16 (2020) — "UNM 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/20%20Regular/final/SM016.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM016.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Payne, William H. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
- **2020-01-27** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2020-01-27** passed Senate `passage`
- **2020-01-29** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80ad00b3-dac6-436b-a573-d913d98ac5b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).