Legislative Updates

The retirement system's role is to provide information and factual analysis on the impact of proposed legislation.

For more information on the bills listed below, visit the NH General Court website. 

2026 Session

Legislative Tracker 2026

Key: + – Bill has been enacted into law; * – Bill is dead; # – Bill has been referred to interim study or tabled.

Below is a detailed list of legislation introduced in 2026 that, if passed, could have an impact on the New Hampshire Retirement System. For more information on the status of each bill, click on the Legislative Tracker above.

HB 1014
This bill modifies the definition and limitations of part-time employment for retired members of the retirement system, including exceptions for emergency service and concurrent employment at the time of retirement.

HB 1024
This bill prohibits investments by the New Hampshire Retirement System in businesses owned by a sitting president or their family.

HB 1170
This bill provides a supplemental retirement allowance to certain group II retirees and their beneficiaries, funded by the state general fund and added permanently to their base annuity, and makes an appropriation therefor.

HB 1439
This bill revises the penalty structure for retirees who exceed the annual hour limit for part-time employment.

HB 1471 
This bill updates the calculation of “average final compensation” for group II retirement system members (police and fire) who began service before July 1, 2011 and were not vested by January 1, 2012, aligning it with the formula adopted in HB 2 (2025).

HB 1459
Standardizing the application of post-retirement part-time hour limits under the New Hampshire Retirement System.

HB 1585
This bill requires state and local public retirement systems to discharge their duties solely in the financial interest of the participants and beneficiaries.

SB 601
This bill provides that the state shall pay 7.5 percent of contributions of retirement system employers other than the state for group I teachers and group II members.

SB 651
This bill provides for thirty percent of remaining funds shall be disbursed to the department of administrative services to be credited to the New Hampshire Retirement System to offset the retirement system's unfunded accrued liability. (pg. 22, ln 14)