---
type: "Bill"
title: "NMSU PHYSICAL SCIENCE LAB, IN RECOGNITION"
description: "NMSU PHYSICAL SCIENCE LAB, IN RECOGNITION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HM 16"
citation: "New Mexico HM 16 (2026)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "POST SECONDARY", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Small, Nathan P."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/013c802d-7a10-4392-bf08-a90332c408c3"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=16&year=26"
source_hash: "6dcffa5bc1dac4ede51deefeb9f466ab431ba191e628e8fe104499053451ab94"
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 16 (2026) — NMSU PHYSICAL SCIENCE LAB, IN RECOGNITION

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/HM016.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/memorials/house/HM016.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **55–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Small, Nathan P. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-09** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-01-27** Sent to House Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-04** 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/013c802d-7a10-4392-bf08-a90332c408c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).