Below is a current list of bills dealing with retirement issues and the current Coalition’s position on each bill.
KEY
OTP: Ought to Pass / OTPA: Ought to Pass w/ Amendment / ITL : Inexpedient to Legislate (defeat)
- HB1154: enabling municipalities to exclude principal of retirement and pension accounts from assets used for eligibility for property tax exemptions.
- Sponsors: (Prime) Jack Flanagan
- Coalition Position: MONITOR
- Public Hearing: Tuesday January 28, 2020 at 9:30 a.m.
- STATUS: DEFEATED by House
- HB1204: relative to the emergency exception for limitations on part-time employment within the New Hampshire retirement system.
- Sponsors: (Prime) David Danielson
- Coalition Position: MONITOR
- Public Hearing: Tuesday January 21, 2020
- Executive Session: Wednesday February 5, 2020 at 1:30 p.m.
- ITL 16-1, consent calendar
- STATUS: DEFEATED by House
- HB1205-FN: relative to the reduction in the calculation of state retirement system annuities at 65.
- Sponsors: (Prime) Dianne Schuett , Arthur Ellison
- COALITION POSITION: SUPPORT
- Public Hearing Wednesday January 22, 2020
- Executive Session: Wednesday February 5, 2020 at 1:30 p.m.
- OTP 11-8
- STATUS: PASSED House (181-151 – division vote), next step – House finance
- House Finance Division I Committee
- OTPA 5-0
- Amended appropriation amount from $100,000 to $10,000
- House Finance Executive Session: March 18, 2020
- House Finance Division I Committee
- Interim Study 5-0
- STATUS: INTERIM STUDY (defeated)
- HB1235-A: establishing a committee to study ensuring workforce maintenance through enhancement of the retirement system, and making an appropriation therefor.
- Sponsors: (Prime) Robert Renny Cushing , Katherine Rogers, Mark Proulx, Shannon Chandley, Jon Morgan
- COALITION POSITION: SUPPORT
- Public Hearing: Wednesday January 22, 2020
- Executive Session: Wednesday February 5, 2020 at 1:30 p.m.
- OTPA 12-7
- STATUS: PASSED House (voice vote), next step – House finance
- House Finance Division I Committee
- OTPA 5-0
- Amended appropriation amount from $100,000 to $10,000
- House Finance Executive Session: March 18, 2020
- STATUS: INTERIM STUDY (defeated)
- HB1292-FN: revising certain benefit provisions in the city of Manchester employees contributory retirement system.
- Sponsors: (Prime) Patrick Long
- Coalition Position: MONITOR
- Public Hearing: Wednesday January 15, 2020
- Executive Session: Wednesday January 29, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.
- OTPA 19-1 consent calendar
- STATUS: PASSED House, next step – House finance
- STATUS: TABLED (defeated)
- HB1293: relative to the city of Manchester employees’ contributory retirement system.
- Sponsors: (Prime) Patrick Long
- Coalition Position: MONITOR
- Public Hearing: Tuesday January 21, 2020
- Executive Session: Wednesday January 29, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.
- OTP 20-0 consent calendar
- STATUS: PASSED House, next step – Senate
- STATUS: TABLED (defeated)
- HB1326-FN: requiring the independent investment committee of the New Hampshire retirement system to report investment fees.
- Sponsors: (Prime) Dianne Schuett , David Doherty, Mark Pearson, Kristina Schultz, Kathy Desjardin, Arthur Ellison
- COALITION POSITION: SUPPORT
- Public Hearing: Tuesday January 28, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.
- Executive Session: Wednesday February 12, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.
- OTP 20-0, consent calendar
- STATUS:VETOED BY GOVERNOR
- This bill became part of a large omnibus bill created in the Senate, HB1234. It was concurred by the House, but vetoed by the Governor.
- HB1341-FN-A: relative to vested status of group II members in the state retirement system.
- Sponsors: (Prime) Stephen Pearson , Kevin Pratt, Terry Roy
- Coalition Position: MONITOR
- Public Hearing: Thursday January 23, 2020
- Executive Session: Wednesday February 5, 2020 at 1:30 p.m.
- OTPA 14-5
- STATUS: TABLED by House
- HB1434-FN: repealing premium contribution requirements for certain state and judicial retirees.
- Sponsors: (Prime) Dianne Schuett , David Doherty, Mark Pearson, Kathy Desjardin
- Coalition Position: MONITOR
- Public Hearing: Tuesday January 21, 2020
- Executive Session: Wednesday February 12, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.
- STATUS: TABLED by House
- HB1447-FN: relative to penalties for retired members of the retirement system exceeding part-time hourly limit.
- Sponsors: (Prime) Max Abramson
- Coalition Position: MONITOR
- Public Hearing: Tuesday January 21, 2020
- Executive Session: Wednesday January 29, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.
- ITL 19-1 consent calendar
- STATUS: DEFEATED by House
- HB1494-FN: relative to death benefits for public works heavy equipment operators killed in the line of duty, and relative to workers’ compensation offsets for certain retirement system benefits.
- Sponsors: (Prime) Kristina Schultz , Dianne Schuett
- Coalition Position: MONITOR
- Public Hearing: Tuesday January 21, 2020
- Sub-Committee Meetings: Wednesday February 12, 2020 at 12:45p.m.
- Executive Session March 3, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.
- OTPA 14-5
- STATUS: VETOED BY GOVERNOR
- This bill became was turned into a large omnibus bill created in the Senate. It was concurred by the House, but vetoed by the Governor.
- HB1550-FN extending accidental death benefits for group II members of the retirement system suffering from heart attacks.
- Sponsors: (Prime) Daryl Abbas , Fred Doucette, Timothy Lang
- Coalition Position: MONITOR
- Public Hearing: Tuesday January 21, 2020
- Executive Session: March 3, 2020 at 10:00 a.m..
- ITL 18-0, consent calendar
- STATUS: DEFEATED by House
- HB1561-FN: allowing a county to exempt its chief administrative officer from compulsory participation in the retirement system.
- Sponsors: (Prime) Brian Sullivan , Walter Stapleton
- Coalition Position: MONITOR
- Public Hearing: Tuesday January 21, 2020
- Executive Session: Wednesday January 29, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.
- OTP 16-2 consent calendar
- STATUS: PASSED House, next step – House finance
- STATUS: TABLED (defeated)
- This bill passed the House and was in the Senate prior to COVID-19 legislative recess. When the Senate reconvened it tabled the bill due to the shortened session.
- HB1634-FN: relative to certain additional part-time employment of retirees in the retirement system.
- Sponsors: (Prime) Peter Petrigno , Kat McGhee, Charles Burns, Joelle Martin, Paul Dargie, Shannon Chandley
- Coalition Position: MONITOR
- Public Hearing: Tuesday January 21, 2020
- Executive Session: Wednesday February 5, 2020 at 1:30 p.m.
- ITL 18-0, consent calendar
- STATUS: DEFEATED by House
- SB543: relative to group II retirement system status for certain department of corrections officials.
- Sponsors: (Prime) John Reagan
- Coalition Position: MONITOR
- Public Hearing: Wednesday, January 15, 2020
- Passed ED&A Committee 5-0
- Passed Senate, will go to Senate Finance committee next
- Passed Finance Committee 5-0
- Full Senate vote: Thursday February 13, 2020
- STATUS: PASSED House, next step – House committee
- STATUS: NO ACTION (defeated)
- This bill passed the Senate. Because the House did not change House rules, this bill was effectively defeated when it came over to the House.
- SB637: relative to fraud committed against the retirement system.
- Sponsors: (Prime) Martha Hennessey
- Coalition Position: MONITOR
- Public Hearing: Wednesday January 22, 2020
- Executive Session
- ITL 4-1