---
type: "Bill"
title: "DEV. DISABILITY & MENTAL HEALTH TASK FORCE"
description: "DEV. DISABILITY & MENTAL HEALTH TASK FORCE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HM 5"
citation: "New Mexico HM 5 (2023)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "MENTAL HEALTH & DEV. DISABILITIES", "MENTAL HEALTH & DEV. DISABILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cates, Kathleen", "Jaramillo, Tara", "Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c473ed38-927f-4352-841e-c8e77873aa90"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=5&year=23"
source_hash: "d45c14f842a7ea695889bb61d8c555451f3399f95b9bd2486761bddd1c46abb1"
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 5 (2023) — DEV. DISABILITY & MENTAL HEALTH TASK FORCE

## 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/HM005.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/memorials/house/HM005.HTML)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** 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`
- **2023-04-10** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c473ed38-927f-4352-841e-c8e77873aa90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).