---
type: "Bill"
title: "BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE STUDY"
description: "BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE STUDY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HM 12"
citation: "New Mexico HM 12 (2024)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "OTHER", "MENTAL HEALTH & DEV. DISABILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Herndon, Pamelya", "Jaramillo, Tara", "Little, Charlotte", "Parajón, Cristina", "Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-02-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d981440-f22b-4fbb-bc22-70c5f51da0a4"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=12&year=24"
source_hash: "8300c0fbea3cf1770dc624203eae63d810eaf6b5d0cea209be99747dbd225654"
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 12 (2024) — BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE STUDY

## 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/24%20Regular/final/HM012.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/memorials/house/HM012.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Herndon, Pamelya — primary (person)
- Jaramillo, Tara — primary (person)
- Little, Charlotte — primary (person)
- Parajón, Cristina — primary (person)
- Thomson, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** passed House `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d981440-f22b-4fbb-bc22-70c5f51da0a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).