---
type: "Bill"
title: "SERVICE MEMBERS SUICIDE PREVENTION"
description: "SERVICE MEMBERS SUICIDE PREVENTION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 298"
citation: "New Mexico HB 298 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "MILITARY AFFAIRS (national guard", "vets)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alcon, Eliseo Lee", "Garcia, Harry", "Jaramillo, Tara", "Martinez, Alan T."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51b20cd9-3e44-4f33-98ad-29bd5f632cac"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=298&year=24"
source_hash: "6acc2a489e25b8c8adc6a97a0976c25d13407586ca3b0f356ab6ab6bfc12dc30"
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 HB 298 (2024) — SERVICE MEMBERS SUICIDE PREVENTION

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendments in Context** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0298.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/final/HB0298.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/bills/house/HB0298.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **63–1** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alcon, Eliseo Lee — primary (person)
- Garcia, Harry — primary (person)
- Jaramillo, Tara — primary (person)
- Martinez, Alan T. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** Sent to House Labor, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-11** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-10** passed House `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-14** passed Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51b20cd9-3e44-4f33-98ad-29bd5f632cac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).