---
type: "Bill"
title: "IMPORTANCE OF WATER IN TAOS & QUESTA"
description: "IMPORTANCE OF WATER IN TAOS & QUESTA"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HM 84"
citation: "New Mexico HM 84 (2023)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "OTHER", "WATER & WATER RIGHTS (acequias", "irrigation", "rivers)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sanchez, Joseph"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-14"
last_action: "2023-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a36efd47-9c51-4f2e-9172-82198075ab00"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=84&year=23"
source_hash: "346d4da372f720134ff93c37a233c4a540c1436e85e75e34a4ddf55e1d74e33d"
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 84 (2023) — IMPORTANCE OF WATER IN TAOS & QUESTA

## 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/HM084.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/memorials/house/HM084.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Sanchez, Joseph — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-14** not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
- **2023-03-16** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2023-03-16** passed House `passage`
- **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/a36efd47-9c51-4f2e-9172-82198075ab00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).