---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"BETTER HEARING & SPEECH MONTH\""
description: "\"BETTER HEARING & SPEECH MONTH\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SM 6"
citation: "New Mexico SM 6 (2020)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sanchez, Clemente \"Memé\""]
version_count: 2
action_count: 5
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-12-24"
last_action: "2020-02-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/477dee72-04b9-44c2-8036-91b2244978e5"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=M&legNo=6&year=20"
source_hash: "c1e72f3358b4816065563a1337b51e4dd4f5cfd5ecc6bf95079c4dca769e6c7c"
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 6 (2020) — "BETTER HEARING & SPEECH MONTH"

## 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/SM006.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM006.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Sanchez, Clemente "Memé" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-24** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
- **2020-01-31** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2020-01-31** passed Senate `passage`
- **2020-02-04** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/477dee72-04b9-44c2-8036-91b2244978e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).