---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the city of Manchester employees' contributory retirement system."
description: "relative to the city of Manchester employees' contributory retirement system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 356"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 356 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick T. Long"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-09"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95e6fa63-8134-4021-ae13-a5d1adc65c40"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0384&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "6ff59e8b9568af20cc0c16de62188440e9d164f0c4e20917fb25f38b39e76816"
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 356 (2021) — relative to the city of Manchester employees' contributory retirement system.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-1140e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-1140e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Patrick T. Long — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 2 P. 44 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Public Hearing: 02/01/2021 01:05 pm Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/94106022547 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from thetime the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 12 P. 6 `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`
- **2021-03-17** Remote Hearing: 03/24/2021, 09:30 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 16
- **2021-03-31** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/08/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Ought to Pass: RC 23Y-1N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/08/2021; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2021-04-16** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2021-1140e RC 24Y-0N, AA, (In recess of 04/08/2021); SJ 12
- **2021-04-22** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2021-1140e: AA VV (in recess of) 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 100
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 102
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled RC 23Y-0N, MA, (In recess of 05/06/2021); SJ 15
- **2021-05-19** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/17/2021; Chapter 40; Eff: 05/17/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95e6fa63-8134-4021-ae13-a5d1adc65c40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).