---
type: "Bill"
title: "REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR."
description: "REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HM 8"
citation: "New Mexico HM 8 (2026)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Herndon, Pamelya"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-02-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58ede01b-20e4-4939-8722-d3651b94e05b"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=8&year=26"
source_hash: "4e2c245ff560032b41e9e4e44df78e290b9fe3b039d683c6d74114d302465cdb"
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 8 (2026) — REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

## 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/HM008.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/memorials/house/HM008.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Herndon, Pamelya — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-27** Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** passed House `passage`
- **2026-02-10** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-01-30** 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/58ede01b-20e4-4939-8722-d3651b94e05b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).