The NH Retirement Security Coalition has been in existence since 2007/2008 and became a fulltime grassroots Coalition when they hired their first Coordinator in 2011. Since then, they have been working on behalf of the 80,000 active and retired members of the NH Retirement System to protect their earned benefits as well as protect the solvency and stability of the System itself.
Here is an 12-year look back on all retirement legislation the Coalition has worked to support and pass, oppose and defeat, and simply monitor to ensure no amendments or changes made would impact the members and their benefits.
Quick Statistics
- 174 pieces of legislation monitored
- 25 proactive pieces of legislation introduced
- Successful in passing 12
- 42 defensive pieces of legislation introduced
- Successful in defeating 27
| Year | Bill # | Title | Position | Outcome |
| 2022 | HB1079 | retirelative to part-time employment of a retirement system retiree. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2022 | HB1257 | requiring the retirement system to divest from investment in companies located in China. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2022 | HB1318 | relative to penalties for employer noncompliance with retirement system requirements. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2022 | HB1417 | relative to payment by the state of a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers. | SUPPORT | DEFEATED |
| 2022 | HB1497 | relative to optional allowances in the retirement system. | SUPPORT | PASSED |
| 2022 | HB1535 | relative to cost of living adjustments for retirees in the state retirement system. | SUPPORT | PASSED |
| 2022 | HB1549 | relative to special duty hours worked by retired police members in the retirement system. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2022 | HB1557 | relative to survivor benefit optional allowances under the retirement system. | SUPPORT | PASSED |
| 2022 | HB1563 | requiring state employees to be enrolled in the deferred compensation plan. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2022 | HB1587 | relative to determination of average final compensation under the retirement system and making an appropriation therefor. | SUPPORT | PASSED |
| 2022 | HB1590 | relative to municipalities withdrawing from the state retirement system. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2022 | SB356 | relative to medical benefits payments by state retirees. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2022 | SB363 | relative to service credit for certain group II retirement eligibility. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2022 | SB411 | relative to critical incident stress management for emergency services providers, and establishing a violent act injury disability retirement for public safety employees. | MONITOR | INTERIM STUDY |
| 2022 | SB434 | relative to the reduction in the calculation of state retirement annuities at age 65. | SUPPORT | INTERIM STUDY |
| 2021 | HB173 | requiring the independent investment committee of the New Hampshire retirement system to report investment fees. | SUPPORT | PASSED |
| 2021 | HB497 | allowing a school district to exempt its chief administrative officer from compulsory participation in the retirement system. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2021 | SB119 | relative to the ordinary death benefit in the retirement system | SUPPORT | DEFEATED |
| 2021 | HB130 | relative to administration by the retirement system of certain health care premium deductions. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2021 | HB141 | allowing a county to exempt its chief administrative officer from compulsory participation in the retirement system | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2021 | HB274 | relative to payment by the state of a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2021 | CACR6 | relating to the retirement age of judges. Providing that the retirement age of judges be increased. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2021 | HB248 | relative to the judicial retirement plan. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2021 | HB356 | relative to the city of Manchester employees’ contributory retirement system. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2021 | HB211 | revising certain benefit provisions in the city of Manchester employees contributory retirement system. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2021 | HB390 | relative to the amortization of retirement system unfunded accrued liability. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2021 | HB619 | designating police and fire dispatchers as group II members of the retirement system. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2021 | HB536 | relative to death benefits for public works employees killed in the line of duty, and relative to workers’ compensation offsets for certain retirement system benefits. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2021 | CACR12 | repealing the mandatory retirement age for judges. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2021 | SB72 | relative to a state share of retirement system contributions by employers. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2021 | SB153 | relative to group II accidental disability allowances for a police officer or firefighter disabled as a result of a violent injury. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2020 | HB1205 | relative to the reduction in the calculation of state retirement system annuities at age 65. | SUPPORT | DEFEATED |
| 2020 | HB1235 | establishing a committee to study ensuring workforce maintenance through enhancement of the retirement system, and making an appropriation therefor. | SUPPORT | DEFEATED |
| 2020 | HB1326 | requiring the independent investment committee of the New Hampshire retirement system to report investment fees. | SUPPORT | DEFEATED |
| 2020 | HB1154 | enabling municipalities to exclude principal of retirement and pension accounts from assets used for eligibility for property tax exemptions. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2020 | HB1204 | relative to the emergency exception for limitations on part-time employment within the New Hampshire retirement system. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2020 | HB1292 | revising certain benefit provisions in the city of Manchester employees contributory retirement system | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2020 | HB1293 | relative to the city of Manchester employees’ contributory retirement system. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2020 | HB1341 | relative to vested status of group II members in the state retirement system. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2020 | HB1434 | repealing premium contribution requirements for certain state and judicial retirees. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2020 | HB1447 | relative to penalties for retired members of the retirement system exceeding part-time hourly limit. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2020 | HB1494 | adopting omnibus legislation concerning workers. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2020 | HB1550 | extending accidental death benefits for group II members of the retirement system suffering from heart attacks. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2020 | HB1561 | allowing a county to exempt its chief administrative officer from compulsory participation in the retirement system. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2020 | HB1634 | relative to certain additional part-time employment of retirees in the retirement system. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2020 | SB637 | relative to fraud and errors in records of the retirement system. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2020 | SB543 | relative to group II retirement system status for certain department of corrections officials. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2019 | HB110 | relative to the cost of fiscal analysis of legislation relating to the retirement system and relative to the reclassification of jobs in the retirement system. | SUPPORT | PASSED |
| 2019 | HB468 | relative to the inclusion of attendance stipends and certain additional pay for instructional activities as earnable compensation in the retirement system. | SUPPORT | PASSED |
| 2019 | HB616 | relative to a cost of living adjustment for retirees in the state retirement system. | SUPPORT | PASSED |
| 2019 | SB28 | relative to an active retirement system member appointment to the independent investment committee. | SUPPORT | PASSED |
| 2019 | HB629 | establishing a state defined contribution retirement plan for state and political subdivision members of the retirement system. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2019 | HB116 | relative to the job classification of positions in the retirement system. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2019 | HB418 | relative to the limitations on part-time employment under the New Hampshire retirement system. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2019 | HB497 | relative to payment by the state of a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2019 | HB675 | relative to the purchase of service credit in the state retirement system. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2019 | HB720 | relative to part time employment of retired community college system faculty. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2018 | HB1603 | relative to employee representation on the independent investment committee in the New Hampshire retirement system | SUPPORT | PASSED |
| 2018 | HB1756 | relative to an additional allowance and a cost of living adjustment for retirees from the state retirement system. | SUPPORT | PASSED |
| 2018 | HB631 | establishing a cash balance pension plan for new hires and non-vested employees. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2018 | HB1754 | establishing a state defined contribution retirement plan for state and political subdivision members of the retirement system | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2018 | SB219 | relative to a one-time allowance for certain state retirees. | SUPPORT | DEFEATED |
| 2018 | HB1427 | relative to the reduction in the calculation of state retirement system annuities at age 65. | SUPPORT | DEFEATED |
| 2018 | HB561 | relative to part-time employment of a retirement system retiree by a participating employer. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2018 | SB324 | Allowing an optional retirement system allowance to include a subsequent remarriage of a divorced retiree. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2018 | SB458 | Authorizing the purchase of retirement system creditable service by a certain surviving spouse. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2018 | SB538 | Including police officers of the capital area police unit in group II of the retirement system. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2018 | HB1805 | establishing a committee to study level dollar amortization of retirement system unfunded accrued liability | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2018 | HB1823 | relative to layered amortization of retirement system liabilities. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2018 | HB3593 | Granting group II retirement system status to certain positions in the department of corrections. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2018 | HB1767 | establishing a multiple employer public retirement plan. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2018 | CACR20 | Relating to the retirement age of judges. Providing that the retirement age of judges be increased | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2018 | SB532 | relative to group II status of certain department of corrections officials | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2018 | SB543 | relative to health care premium payments for certain retired state workers. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2018 | HB1729 | Allowing the state retiree medical benefits subsidy to be used for alternative group insurance plans. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2017 | HB548 | increasing the age at which a pension begins for non-vested and newly-hired group I members of the retirement system. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2017 | HB425 | relative to the retirement system assumed rate of return for the biennium beginning July 1, 2017. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2017 | HB294 | relative to the cost of fiscal analysis of legislation relating to the retirement system. | SUPPORT | DEFEATED |
| 2017 | HB405 | relative to the duties of the decennial retirement commission, and relative to the function and organization of the department of administrative services risk management unit and division of personnel. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2017 | HB415 | reducing business taxes, repealing certain taxes, establishing an income tax, and requiring payment by the state of a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2017 | HB542 | relative to retired members employed in a part-time position by retirement system employers. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2017 | HB543 | relative to part-time employment by a retiree for a retirement system employer. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2017 | HB644 | extending the interest and dividends tax to capital gains, increasing exemptions from the tax, and providing for retirement system contributions on behalf of employers other than the state. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2017 | HB645 | relative to retiree health care benefits for future retirees. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2017 | SB140 | relative to the independent investment committee in the New Hampshire retirement system. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2016 | HB556 | establishing a cash balance plan for public employees in the retirement system. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2016 | HB1673 | establishing a cash balance plan within the state retirement system. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2016 | HB1449 | relative to additional temporary supplemental allowances for retired members of the retirement system | SUPPORT | DEFEATED |
| 2016 | HB1352 | relative to the penalty for retirement system employers’ noncompliance with reporting requirements for retirees. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2016 | HB1489 | establishing a committee to study the rates of employer contributions in the retirement system. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2016 | HB1591 | relative to the health care premium contribution for retired state employees who are eligible for Medicare Parts A and B due to age or disability, relative to funding of retiree health benefits, and making an appropriation to the department of administrative services. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2016 | HB1592 | relative to the health care premium contribution for retired state employees who are over 65 years of age, relative to funding of retiree health benefits, and making an appropriation to the department of administrative services. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2016 | HB1676 | relative to attachments on benefits under the judicial retirement plan. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2016 | SB129 | allowing retired members of the retirement system to change an optional allowance election in certain circumstances. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2016 | SB257 | relative to membership in the judicial retirement plan of judges appointed at age 63 or older. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2016 | SB388 | requiring a public hearing on proposed changes to the state retiree group insurance plan. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2016 | SB390 | relative to the procedure in retirement system hearings concerning qualification for disability retirement benefits. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2016 | SB462 | allowing part-time circuit court judges to retire and elect senior active status. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2016 | SB414 | relative to the health care premium contribution for retired state employees over 65 years of age, relative to funding of retiree health benefits, and making an appropriation to the department of administrative services. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2015 | HB182 | establishing a committee to study alternative public employee retirement plans. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2015 | HB239 | stablishing a statutory commission to study the creation of a state retirement security program and making an appropriation therefor. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2015 | HB369 | establishing a defined contribution retirement plan for public employees. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2015 | SB164 | relative to the independent investment committee in the New Hampshire retirement system. | SUPPORT | DEFEATED |
| 2015 | HB139 | relative to an emergency exception under the New Hampshire retirement system for certain part-time employment. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2015 | HB396 | relative to part-time employment by retirees in the New Hampshire retirement system. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2015 | HB682 | granting group II retirement system status to certain positions in the department of corrections | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2015 | SB85 | establishing a statutory commission to study post-retirement employment of New Hampshire retirement system retirees. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2014 | SB218 | relative to group I retirement system membership for all members hired on or after July 1, 2014. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2014 | HB1101 | relative to the recovery of overpayments by the retirement system and establishing a committee to study the policies and procedures of the retirement system for benefits wrongfully paid | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2014 | HB1126 | establishing a committee to study alternative public employee retirement plans. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2014 | HB1399 | relative to the application for a vested deferred retirement allowance in the retirement system | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2014 | HB1493 | relative to members of the retirement system working after retirement, and relative to membership of political subdivision officials appointed for fixed terms. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2014 | HB1148 | relative to the reduction in the calculation of state retirement system annuities at age 65. | SUPPORT | DEFEATED |
| 2014 | SB364 | relative to group II service retirement allowances and relative to establishing a supplemental savings plan in the retirement system. | SUPPORT | DEFEATED |
| 2014 | HB1494 | relative to administration of the New Hampshire retirement system and authority of the board of trustees. | OPPOSE | PASSED |
| 2014 | HB1617 | permitting the retirement system to access death, marriage, and divorce records of the division of vital records administration for the administration of RSA 100-A. | OPPOSE | PASSED |
| 2014 | HB1152 | terminating the benefit program for call, substitute or volunteer firemen administered by the New Hampshire retirement system. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2014 | HB1155 | relative to state retiree health coverage premium contributions. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2014 | HB1173 | relative to the report submission date of the state retiree health plan commission | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2014 | HB1398 | allowing the retirement system to make payments in lieu of payments to estates in certain instances. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2014 | HB1563 | granting group II retirement system status to certain positions in the department of corrections. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2014 | SB225 | relative to the city of Manchester employees’ contributory retirement system. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2014 | SB261 | allowing the commissioner of administrative services to administer the health benefits of certain retirees of the State Employees’ Association of New Hampshire. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2014 | SB264 | requiring the election of benefits by certain members of the judicial retirement plan. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2014 | SB339 | relative to instituting a credit card affinity program in which fees received are directed to offset the retirement system’s unfunded liability. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2014 | SB395 | relative to the retirement classification of the director of the division of forests and lands. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2013 | HB342 | relative to reporting of compensation paid to retired members of the retirement system, relative to notice to retired members of the limitations on part-time employment, and relative to retirement system membership for a person holding positions of town clerk and tax collector. | SUPPORT | PASSED |
| 2013 | HB620 | relative to the adjustment of member and employer contribution rates in the retirement system. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2013 | HB312 | relative to the cost of fiscal analysis of legislation relating to the retirement system. | SUPPORT | DEFEATED |
| 2013 | HB124 | relative to the determination of gainful occupation for a group II member receiving an accidental disability retirement allowance from the retirement system, and relative to the director and assistant director of the division of homeland security and emergency management in the department of safety. | OPPOSE | PASSED |
| 2013 | HB281 | permitting retired judges over the age of 70 to serve the courts under certain circumstances. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2013 | HB364 | relative to notice required concerning employment of a retired member of the New Hampshire retirement system of the limitations on part-time employment. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2013 | HB594 | relative to the general consumer credit laws of the state, making a technical correction, and relative to a town clerk and tax collector electing to be a member in the retirement system. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2013 | HB683 | relative to the retirement system status of the director and assistant director of the division of homeland security and emergency management. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2013 | SB33 | making technical changes to the judicial retirement plan. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2013 | HB173 | repealing the authority for supplemental allowances under the judicial retirement plan | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2013 | HB419 | establishing a deferred retirement option in the judicial retirement plan. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2013 | HB473 | relative to retirement system status for members of the university system police force. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2013 | HB683 | relative to the retirement system status of the director and assistant director of the division of homeland security and emergency management. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2012 | HB1639 | relative to employment of certain disability retirees by retirement system employers. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2012 | SB228 | repealing the assessments for excess benefits paid by employers in the retirement system. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2012 | SB229 | establishing a commission to make recommendations on whether the New Hampshire retirement system should be replaced with a defined contribution plan for all new hires and to study the impact such change would have on the retirement system. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2012 | HB1460 | establishing a defined contribution retirement plan for public employees. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2012 | HB1483 | repealing the retirement system special account and repealing the assessments for excess benefits paid by employers in the retirement system. | OPPOSE | PASSED |
| 2012 | SB230 | modifies the calculation of average final compensation for retirement system members hired after July 1, 2011 or who have not attained vested status prior to January 1, 2012. | OPPOSE | PASSED |
| 2012 | SB244 | relative to the administration of the New Hampshire retirement system. | OPPOSE | PASSED |
| 2012 | SB246 | relative to the calculation of employer assessments for excess retirement system benefits. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2012 | CACR30 | relating to limitations on impeachment judgment. Providing that judgment may include forfeiture of pension and retirement benefits. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2012 | HB654 | relative to credit for retirement system employer contribution overpayments. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2012 | HB1306 | requiring a report on part-time employment of retired members of the retirement system. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2012 | HB1496 | relative to the certification of county correctional personnel for purposes of the New Hampshire retirement system. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2012 | HB1521 | relative to retired state employees group insurance participation. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2012 | SB234 | relative to salary grades for certain executive branch positions and relative to the retirement classification of certain state officials. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2012 | SB249 | requiring a request for proposals for the administration and management of the New Hampshire retirement system. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2011 | HB492 | establishing a deferred retirement option in the judicial retirement plan, and relative to benefits related to service of certain judges of probate retiring because of permanent disability. | MONITOR | DEFEATED |
| 2011 | HB511 | relative to retired judges over 70 years of age. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2011 | SB33 | relative to retired state employee contributions for medical benefits costs. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2011 | SB75 | relative to clarification of part-time service in the state retirement system. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2011 | SB127 | relative to the city of Manchester’s contributory retirement system. | MONITOR | PASSED |
| 2011 | HB537 | reducing retirement allowances paid by the New Hampshire retirement system. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2011 | HB231 | relative to payment of medical benefits for state retirees, their spouses, and dependents. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2011 | HB360 | establishing a state defined contribution retirement plan for state and political subdivision members of the retirement system and establishing a committee to study the transition of current employees into the new plan and administration of the new plan. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2011 | HB456 | relative to the calculation of average final compensation for the purpose of determining retirement system benefits. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2011 | HB227 | relative to the membership of the retirement system board of trustees. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2011 | HB265 | redefining earnable compensation in the retirement system for new and non-vested members in service. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2011 | HB460 | relative to the retirement age for group II members. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2011 | HB463 | relative to the retirement system maximum initial benefit limitation. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| 2011 | HB465 | relative to the number of years for calculating average final compensation for retirement system benefits | OPPOSE | DEFEATED |
| HB455 | establishing a committee to study the use of a cash balance retirement plan for new state employees. | OPPOSE | DEFEATED | |
| 2011 | HB461 | relative to repealing the authority for retirement system members to purchase service credit for certain out-of-state service. | OPPOSE | PASSED |
| 2011 | HB462 | relative to the determination of employer assessments for excess benefits paid by employers in the retirement system. | OPPOSE | PASSED |
| 2011 | HB464 | requiring the transfer of certain retirement system group II special account funds to the state annuity accumulation fund. | OPPOSE | PASSED |
| 2011 | HB491 | relative to divestiture of retirement system assets relating to Sudan. | OPPOSE | PASSED |
| 2011 | SB3 | making comprehensive changes to the state retirement system. | OPPOSE | PASSED (in budget) |
All Legislation
To find out more about each bill, visit the NH General Court website: Advanced Bill Status Search