---
type: "Bill"
title: "IMPORTANCE OF FORESTS"
description: "IMPORTANCE OF FORESTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SM 29"
citation: "New Mexico SM 29 (2023)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart, Mimi"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 5
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b53c92e3-ea8d-4055-8075-634c0a2d4f17"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=M&legNo=29&year=23"
source_hash: "b3bb25d768d1e1d55a4b95ba32b56a14fd95e000af9e175d40b4c1c456ea5df0"
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 29 (2023) — IMPORTANCE OF FORESTS

## 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/SM029.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM029.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Stewart, Mimi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Conservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b53c92e3-ea8d-4055-8075-634c0a2d4f17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).