Sat Mar 8 5:33PM - 13 days, 17 hours left in session
| Sponsors | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rep. E. Diane Torres-Velásquez | 30 | Bernalillo |
| Rep. Elizabeth "Liz" Thomson | 24 | Bernalillo |
| Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| HHHC ❓ | Possibly heard on Mar 7; it may take 1-2 days to learn status. | ||
| HEC | |||
This is the official nmlegis action history. I'm doing my best to translate the LONG/WEIRD-STRING to something less gibberishy. And before you ask, no, the "Legis Day" number has no mapping to the real world.
Actions: [8] HHHC/HEC-HHHC
| Legis Day | Action | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | referred | HHHC/HEC |
| 8 | sent | HHHC |
This table shows bill actions detected on Ed's system, using heuristics that may not be 100% accurate and which may not reflect the "official" nmlegis chronology. It is probably more than you care to know.
| Feb 20 | filed: [Unknown prefile; not yet on nmlegis] |
| [new] | |
| sent to HHHC | |
| title: '[unknown Prefile; Not Yet on Nmlegis]' -> 'Autobiographical Storytelling for Children' | |
| actions: 'HPREF' -> '[8] HHHC/HEC-HHHC' | |
| new sponsor: E. Diane Torres-Velásquez | |
| new sponsor: Elizabeth "Liz" Thomson | |
| Mar 3 | scheduled for HHHC on Fri Mar 7, 08:30 |
HOUSE BILL 534
57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025
INTRODUCED BY
E. Diane Torres-Velásquez and Elizabeth "Liz" Thomson
AN ACT
RELATING TO CHILDREN; CREATING A TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICE USING AUTOBIOGRAPHIES TO TEACH CHILDREN TO RETELL THEIR STORIES TO SUPPORT LANGUAGE AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. A new section of the Children, Youth and Families Department Act is enacted to read:
"[NEW MATERIAL] AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORYTELLING AS A TRAUMA-INFORMED STRATEGY.--The department shall:
A. contract with speech-language pathologists to provide training and workshops to families and case workers and to develop language support and emotional development services to support language development and coherent storytelling skills with children in foster care using family experiences in mathematics, science or history exploration as the context and content for shared stories;
B. establish standards for the delivery of training and workshops by speech-language pathologists for foster parents and case workers, including quality management and improvement, accessibility, availability of services, rights and responsibilities of providers, evaluation and documentation and confidentiality of client records; and
C. create, implement and continually evaluate the effectiveness of a framework for storytelling and language development for children in foster care through the department to develop children's autobiographical memory."
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