---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOREN & BARBARA NELSON, RECOGNITION"
description: "LOREN & BARBARA NELSON, RECOGNITION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SM 15"
citation: "New Mexico SM 15 (2023)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hemphill, Siah Correa"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-02-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7b1e512-b1c7-4ab9-97be-62b274e5676e"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=M&legNo=15&year=23"
source_hash: "954036150f80701328ba4b6339f4c7cab9e5adff4ff55d424996584c0fccc0be"
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 SM 15 (2023) — LOREN & BARBARA NELSON, RECOGNITION

## 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/SM015.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM015.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Hemphill, Siah Correa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
- **2023-02-16** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2023-02-16** passed Senate `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/a7b1e512-b1c7-4ab9-97be-62b274e5676e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).