---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring the independent investment committee of the New Hampshire retirement system to report investment fees."
description: "requiring the independent investment committee of the New Hampshire retirement system to report investment fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 173"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 173 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dianne E. Schuett"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f58919a-f4c4-49b9-abb3-410516f6722e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0119&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "f964c338e8d214e6a2551effe0cf878f5a156bd306b4f01f38a80277cc91a175"
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 173 (2021) — requiring the independent investment committee of the New Hampshire retirement system to report investment fees.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Ought to Pass — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dianne E. Schuett — primary (person)
- Arthur S. Ellison — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Merchant — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina M. Schultz — cosponsor (person)
- Mark A. Pearson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 2 P. 38 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Public Hearing: 01/27/2021 02:00 pm Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/92995497899 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time thecommittee is initially convened.
- **2021-02-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 12 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/24/2021 HJ 3 P. 8 `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Introduced 03/04/2021 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Remote Hearing: 03/17/2021, 10:15 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 15
- **2021-03-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/25/2021; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Ought to Pass: RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/25/2021; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 99
- **2021-04-12** Enrolled RC 24Y-0N, MA, (In recess of 04/08/2021); SJ 12
- **2021-04-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 04/23/2021; Chapter 5; Eff: 06/22/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f58919a-f4c4-49b9-abb3-410516f6722e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).