---
type: "Bill"
title: "DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA, IMPORTANT MARSUPIAL"
description: "DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA, IMPORTANT MARSUPIAL"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HM 42"
citation: "New Mexico HM 42 (2025)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS (fish", "livestock", "pets", "wildlife)", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Block, John", "Lord, Stefani"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-25"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/794de3fa-9760-42ac-bf24-364a9c80dd2b"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=42&year=25"
source_hash: "12243efa2cde4cc1d4482138f825483836f32efb8fef8c8cc2da2a315346f1ab"
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 42 (2025) — DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA, IMPORTANT MARSUPIAL

## 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/HM042.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/memorials/house/HM042.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Block, John — primary (person)
- Lord, Stefani — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25** Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** passed House `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/794de3fa-9760-42ac-bf24-364a9c80dd2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).