---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to state employees injured in the line of duty."
description: "relative to state employees injured in the line of duty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 455"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 455 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James P. Gray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ead8cbe-8c71-424b-a12e-163e9d783210"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2960&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "168547b0ef70d26d5651750eb66e367f369e61e5c5ac39f4af32df69ef12ad14"
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 SB 455 (2018) — relative to state employees injured in the line of duty.

## Version chain

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

1. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1976&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- James P. Gray — primary (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-20** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing: 02/14/2018, Room 101, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 7
- **2018-03-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/15/2018; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/15/2018; SJ 8 `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Introduced 03/15/2018 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 8 P. 70 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** ==ROOM CHANGE== Public Hearing: 04/04/2018 02:00 PM LOB 306-308
- **2018-04-05** Executive Session: 04/04/2018 LOB 306
- **2018-04-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/19/2018 (Vote 9-2; CC) HC 15 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 5 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-06-04** Signed by the Governor on 05/30/2018; Chapter 0138; Effective 05/30/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ead8cbe-8c71-424b-a12e-163e9d783210`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).