---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"BETTER SPEECH & HEARING MONTH\""
description: "\"BETTER SPEECH & HEARING MONTH\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HM 23"
citation: "New Mexico HM 23 (2023)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jaramillo, Tara", "Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d442db4a-1079-4057-8718-657731f844dd"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=23&year=23"
source_hash: "4aa0a55adcc1f7b7499cf383ea0a451762a4120de8f832a622efa5209a713682"
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 23 (2023) — "BETTER SPEECH & HEARING 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/23%20Regular/final/HM023.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/memorials/house/HM023.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Jaramillo, Tara — primary (person)
- Thomson, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-18** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-15** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d442db4a-1079-4057-8718-657731f844dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).