Legislative Updates
2026 Session
Legislative Tracker 2026 (final)
Key: + – Bill has been enacted into law; * – Bill is dead; # – Bill has been referred to interim study or tabled.
HB 1014 *
This bill exempts certain retirees from the 28-day waiting period for part-time employment.
HB 1024 #
This bill prohibits investments by the New Hampshire retirement system in businesses owned by a sitting president or their family.
HB 1032 *
This bill creates an exception to physical attendance and quorum requirements under the right-to-know law for individuals with disabilities and individuals caring for a household member with disabilities.
+ HB 1109
This bill is relative to notice requirements regarding public employee suspensions and investigations and recognizes certain positions in the department of corrections as group II retirement system positions.
HB 1123 *
This bill requires certain companies to post expected salary ranges on public job listings.
HB 1150 *
This bill requires disclosure of complaints to public employees within five (5) business days.
HB 1170 *
This bill would provide an annual stipend of up to $5,000 to group II retirees who have been retired for at least 10 years.
HB 1177 *
This bill adds a definition of remote work to the state's labor laws and defines the nature of such employment.
HB 1233 *
This bill limits minutes or decisions withheld from disclosure to those portions covered by the motion to enter nonpublic session, and adds start/end times to nonpublic minutes.
HB 1439 *
This bill revises the penalty structure for retirees who exceed the annual hour limit for part-time employment.
HB 1459 *
This bill standardizes the application of post-retirement part-time hour limits under the New Hampshire Retirement System.
HB 1471 *
This bill updates the calculation of AFC for group II retirement system members who began service before July 1, 2011, and were not vested by 1/1/12, aligning it with the formula adopted in HB 2 (2025).
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 423
This bill re-establishes the commission to study the incidence of PTSD in first responders. Adds a member to the commission from the NH comfort dog community and a member appointed by the NH Sheriffs Association, and modifies the duties of the commission.
+ SB 486
This bill revises the Administrative Procedures Act.
+ SB 502
This bill removes references to the department of business and economic affairs and office of planning and development and makes changes to how certain committees and commissions participate or operate. Amended to allow Independent Investment Committee (IIC) members to participate via telephone, video, or other electronic means.
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 legalizes cannabis with a provision to provide a portion of the tax revenue to NHRS for UAAL (pg. 22, ln 14).