---
type: "Bill"
title: "CITIZEN SCIENCE IN STATE AGENCIES"
description: "CITIZEN SCIENCE IN STATE AGENCIES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HM 34"
citation: "New Mexico HM 34 (2024)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "OTHER", "STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortez, Kristina"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-02-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d753073-79c4-40c8-a940-90dbec2f1d29"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=34&year=24"
source_hash: "172fd43324ef9d966d1c0e7b44bac0fb02fe4cd03de8c23704961da275684490"
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 34 (2024) — CITIZEN SCIENCE IN STATE AGENCIES

## 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/HM034.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/memorials/house/HM034.HTML)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Ortez, Kristina — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** Sent to House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** passed House `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d753073-79c4-40c8-a940-90dbec2f1d29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).