"AFRICAN AMERICAN DAY"
House Memorial 25 (HM 25), titled "AFRICAN AMERICAN DAY," formally declares February 14, 2025, as "African American Day" within the New Mexico House of Representatives. This symbolic resolution honors African American contributions to New Mexico's history and society, referencing existing state recognition of African American heritage. It does not create new laws or policies but directs the House to observe the day, with copies sent to state officials and organizations like the New Mexico Black Caucus. The resolution was passed by the House and signed into effect on February 17, 2025.
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Feb 2025
Introduced Feb 14, 2025
Signed Feb 17, 2025
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The bill was reformatted from a traditional legislative document to a more modern, clean layout. The substantive content remains the same, declaring February 14, 2025 as African-American Day in the House of Representatives, but the text was reorganized and some wording was slightly adjusted for clarity and flow.
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No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the declaration of African-American Day remains the same.
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The document was reformatted from a traditional legislative style with line numbers to a cleaner, modern layout without line numbers.
Some WHEREAS clauses were reordered and reworded slightly for improved readability, but the overall meaning and content remained unchanged.
Removed bracketed deletion markers and underscored addition markers that were used to indicate changes in the original markup.
Floor votes · House Feb 14, 2025
How they voted
67–0
Passed
Total votes 67
Feb 14, 2025
D
Democratic41
100% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
1
Feb 17, 2025
Signed into law
Signed
executive
Feb 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
passed House
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Pamelya Herndon
DDemocratic
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