---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"AUTISM DAY\""
description: "\"AUTISM DAY\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HM 7"
citation: "New Mexico HM 7 (2024)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cates, Kathleen", "Jaramillo, Tara", "Johnson, D. Wonda", "Lujan, Tara L.", "Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-01-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1e24d34-608e-4a47-be43-c8ca0b659d1c"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=7&year=24"
source_hash: "8526cdbc6fe9569280be37e54cba83466f5a170a675fe734172c0d3626c80cee"
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 7 (2024) — "AUTISM 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/24%20Regular/final/HM007.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/memorials/house/HM007.HTML)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Cates, Kathleen — primary (person)
- Jaramillo, Tara — primary (person)
- Johnson, D. Wonda — primary (person)
- Lujan, Tara L. — primary (person)
- Thomson, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
- **2024-01-17** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2024-01-17** passed House `passage`
- **2024-01-23** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1e24d34-608e-4a47-be43-c8ca0b659d1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).