---
type: "Bill"
title: "KINSHIP CAREGIVER SUPPORT PILOT PROGRAM"
description: "KINSHIP CAREGIVER SUPPORT PILOT PROGRAM"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 252"
citation: "New Mexico HB 252 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS (marriage", "divorce", "custody", "support)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abeyta, Michelle Paulene", "Herrera, Susan K.", "Johnson, D. Wonda", "Martínez, Javier", "Ortez, Kristina"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b7993a3-f831-46ef-abf8-9d4c823c35a8"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=252&year=25"
source_hash: "d112991a7a215a494b08b6e2c02f194b0c8e1bcac7ac24b2b11e2cd72f04bbe4"
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 252 (2025) — KINSHIP CAREGIVER SUPPORT PILOT PROGRAM

## 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/25%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0252.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/final/HB0252.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0252.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- house passage — **53–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abeyta, Michelle Paulene — primary (person)
- Herrera, Susan K. — primary (person)
- Johnson, D. Wonda — primary (person)
- Martínez, Javier — primary (person)
- Ortez, Kristina — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-15** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-28** Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27** passed House `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-22** passed Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-22** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2025-03-20** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b7993a3-f831-46ef-abf8-9d4c823c35a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).