---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"AFRICAN-AMERICAN DAY\""
description: "\"AFRICAN-AMERICAN DAY\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HM 42"
citation: "New Mexico HM 42 (2023)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Herndon, Pamelya"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-02-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41e6871d-7aaa-49f7-a818-f7c59d83821d"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=42&year=23"
source_hash: "e2be96cf64d5348f945551339eada6c4dca88101fb92b5d7939b3799bc9fe092"
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 42 (2023) — "AFRICAN-AMERICAN 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/23%20Regular/final/HM042.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/memorials/house/HM042.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Herndon, Pamelya — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
- **2023-02-10** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2023-02-10** passed House `passage`
- **2023-02-17** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41e6871d-7aaa-49f7-a818-f7c59d83821d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).