---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to rehiring of laid off classified state employees."
description: "relative to rehiring of laid off classified state employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 323"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 323 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lou D'Allesandro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-08"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/543b0a47-35ba-41a8-a5d4-066f25ed2497"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2731&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "3db064df735fdd3a53ee90b8564ede3d07b5832777cf59a24a31723e19728c2b"
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 323 (2018) — relative to rehiring of laid off classified state employees.

## 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=1747&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Lou D'Allesandro — primary (person)
- Bette R Lasky — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Feltes — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Woodburn — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Martin N. Bove — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Merner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-08** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-12-14** Hearing: 01/11/2018, Room 101, LOB, 01:50 pm; SC 48
- **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 01:15 PM LOB 306-308
- **2018-04-17** Executive Session: 04/17/2018 LOB 306
- **2018-04-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/26/2018 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 16 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/26/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled (In recess 05/03/2018); SJ 17
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled 05/03/2018
- **2018-06-04** Signed by the Governor on 05/30/2018; Chapter 0121; 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/543b0a47-35ba-41a8-a5d4-066f25ed2497`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).