---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to youth employment."
description: "relative to youth employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 345"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 345 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-12-15"
last_action: "2022-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65646046-244a-4afe-a7bf-1921e2254bd0"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3103&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "86775b49cca4ece03e4c94cf92cdc18b19902d92abbd171d6acf12d38edf6429"
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 345 (2022) — relative to youth employment.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1607h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1607h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Concur — **14–9** (pass) · upper
- Table — **145–192** (fail) · lower
- OTPA — **185–152** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Floor Amendment — **154–181** (fail) · lower
- Print Remarks — **164–172** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-15** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-20** Hearing: 01/13/2022, Room 100, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 50
- **2022-02-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0655s, 02/16/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Committee Amendment # 2022-0655s, AA, VV; 02/16/2022; SJ 3
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0655s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/16/2022; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Public Hearing: 04/14/2022 11:30 am LOB 305-307
- **2022-04-12** Executive Session: 04/20/2022 10:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2022-04-25** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1607h (Vote 11-10; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2022-05-05** Amendment # 1607h: AA VV 05/05/2022 HJ 12
- **2022-05-05** FLAM # 1705h (Rep. Sullivan): AF RC 154-181 05/05/2022 HJ 12
- **2022-05-05** Lay SB345 on Table (Rep. T. Smith): MF RC 145-192 05/05/2022 HJ 12
- **2022-05-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1607h: MA RC 185-152 05/05/2022 HJ 12 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Sen. French Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, RC 14Y-9N, MA; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-06-06** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-22** Signed by the Governor on 06/17/2022; Chapter 0221; Effective 06/17/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65646046-244a-4afe-a7bf-1921e2254bd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).