---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"FOURTH TRIMESTER CARE DAY\""
description: "\"FOURTH TRIMESTER CARE DAY\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HM 4"
citation: "New Mexico HM 4 (2022)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fajardo, Kelly K.", "Ortez, Kristina"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 5
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d19950ee-ab92-4be5-8ddd-9ff58842f0a6"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=4&year=22"
source_hash: "57c57d7103363eccd322ac23dc5ea80ab217a38ef0ee3b5a5f328db6cf197bd6"
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 4 (2022) — "FOURTH TRIMESTER CARE DAY"

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendments in Context** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HM004.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/final/HM0004.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/memorials/house/HM004.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Fajardo, Kelly K. — primary (person)
- Ortez, Kristina — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** passed House `passage`
- **2022-02-01** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-10** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d19950ee-ab92-4be5-8ddd-9ff58842f0a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).