---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to a one-time allowance for certain state retirees."
description: "relative to a one-time allowance for certain state retirees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1756"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1756 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephen J. Shurtleff"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-11-20"
last_action: "2018-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/753e9c22-c220-489d-8d71-ee8e97b2a619"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2196&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "c8278fd5bc8892cec45ceb48ceab6f0f926338b2e3c0d20743793a7bc0d13849"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire HB 1756 (2018) — relative to a one-time allowance for certain state retirees.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2018-2082e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-2082e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1209&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Table — **149–173** (fail) · lower
- Inexpedient to Legislate — **11–13** (fail) · upper
- ITL — **157–163** (fail) · lower
- Concur — **248–84** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stephen J. Shurtleff — primary (person)
- Dianne E. Schuett — cosponsor (person)
- Mary C. Freitas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-11-20** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Finance HJ 1 P. 22 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Public Hearing: 01/10/2018 02:45 PM LOB 210-211
- **2018-01-11** ==RECESSED== Division I Work Session: 01/18/2018 09:30 AM LOB 212
- **2018-01-18** ==CONTINUED== Division I Work Session: 01/23/2018 01:00 PM LOB212
- **2018-02-06** Division I Work Session: 02/20/2018 10:00 AM LOB 212
- **2018-02-14** Executive Session: 02/21/2018 10:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2018-02-28** Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate for 03/06/2018 (Vote 14-10; RC) HC 9 P. 54
- **2018-02-28** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
- **2018-03-07** Inexpedient to Legislate: MF RC 157-163 03/07/2018 HJ 7 P. 15
- **2018-03-07** Lay HB 1756 on Table (Rep. Kurk): MF RC 149-173 03/07/2018 HJ 7 P. 18
- **2018-03-07** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/07/2018 HJ 7 P. 20 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Reconsider HB 1756 (Rep. White): MF VV 03/07/2018 HJ 7 P. 20
- **2018-03-13** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Finance; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Hearing: 04/03/2018, Room 103, SH, 01:45 pm; SC 15
- **2018-04-17** Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 04/26/2018; SC 18
- **2018-04-26** Inexpedient to Legislate, RC 11Y-13N, MF; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Sen. Bradley Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** No Pending Motion; 04/26/2018 SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Sen. Bradley Moved to Remove From Table, MA, VV; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Sen. Carson Floor Amendment # 2018-1814s, AA, VV; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1814s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/26/2018; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2018-04-27** Sen. Bradley Moved Ought to Pass; 04/26/2018; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1814s (Rep. Kurk): MA RC 248-84 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-25** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2082e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2082e: AA VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-04** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-05** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/25/2018; Chapter 304; Eff. 7/1/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/753e9c22-c220-489d-8d71-ee8e97b2a619`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).