---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"EXCELLENCE IN RIO RANCHO DAY\""
description: "\"EXCELLENCE IN RIO RANCHO DAY\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HM 23"
citation: "New Mexico HM 23 (2025)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cates, Kathleen", "Cullen, Catherine J.", "Hernandez, Joshua N."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51172d9d-65fb-4e49-a671-247c3def6aff"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=23&year=25"
source_hash: "8c8a79ce8a4e94d1717b3be0859ae3198cbc1b503660f00ce0c58b543248c536"
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 23 (2025) — "EXCELLENCE IN RIO RANCHO 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/25%20Regular/final/HM023.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/memorials/house/HM023.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cates, Kathleen — primary (person)
- Cullen, Catherine J. — primary (person)
- Hernandez, Joshua N. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
- **2025-02-20** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2025-02-20** passed House `passage`
- **2025-03-04** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51172d9d-65fb-4e49-a671-247c3def6aff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).