---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"MILITARY & VETERANS DAY\""
description: "\"MILITARY & VETERANS DAY\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SM 51"
citation: "New Mexico SM 51 (2023)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pope, Harold"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdb097ad-c7f1-4f1a-8860-6c0061249420"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=M&legNo=51&year=23"
source_hash: "371849815dba2fdb41ec9bb6af4cf28fbd2e167cfddabb038dfbd29178ca8797"
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 51 (2023) — "MILITARY & VETERANS 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/SM051.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM051.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Pope, Harold — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
- **2023-02-20** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2023-02-20** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdb097ad-c7f1-4f1a-8860-6c0061249420`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).