---
type: "Bill"
title: "STUDY FAIR FOSTER PARENT COMPENSATION"
description: "STUDY FAIR FOSTER PARENT COMPENSATION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HM 59"
citation: "New Mexico HM 59 (2026)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dow, Rebecca", "Herndon, Pamelya", "Herrera, Susan K.", "Lundstrom, Patricia A.", "Romero, Andrea"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/077cff22-4468-445f-96b5-8523bc4ad552"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=59&year=26"
source_hash: "88f532c74018695c95df8365c6b7de7161eb4f75dcc16b7b11d0cce728d1b03f"
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 59 (2026) — STUDY FAIR FOSTER PARENT COMPENSATION

## 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/HM059.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/memorials/house/HM059.HTML)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Dow, Rebecca — primary (person)
- Herndon, Pamelya — primary (person)
- Herrera, Susan K. — primary (person)
- Lundstrom, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Romero, Andrea — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-09** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-19** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-11** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** 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/077cff22-4468-445f-96b5-8523bc4ad552`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).