---
type: "Bill"
title: "LAW ENFORCEMENT RECRUITMENT & RETENTION"
description: "LAW ENFORCEMENT RECRUITMENT & RETENTION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HM 57"
citation: "New Mexico HM 57 (2025)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT (sheriffs", "police)", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall II, William A.", "Lundstrom, Patricia A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-03-10"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4111e018-7427-45f0-8d30-47026c4677ff"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=57&year=25"
source_hash: "33546a486da6f39b5d983bb3b964cfb8366b6f2331f9e00d7a8f9374792fc25f"
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 57 (2025) — LAW ENFORCEMENT RECRUITMENT & RETENTION

## 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/HM057.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/memorials/house/HM057.HTML)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Hall II, William A. — primary (person)
- Lundstrom, Patricia A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-10** Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** 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/4111e018-7427-45f0-8d30-47026c4677ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).