---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to eligibility for death benefits for court security officers."
description: "relative to eligibility for death benefits for court security officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 536"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 536 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bette R Lasky"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcba456d-9ef3-4a90-b418-47570d6252ef"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2882&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "9d7ac3f3e79608232b5c342f054b49f9f672c45a35b8f54e46a90bd65660ad7f"
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 536 (2018) — relative to eligibility for death benefits for court security officers.

## 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=1898&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Bette R Lasky — primary (person)
- Joseph M. Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Berch — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra B. Keans — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- William Gannon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Hearing: 01/31/2018, Room 101, LOB, 09:40 am; SC 5
- **2018-01-31** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/15/2018; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/15/2018; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 7 P. 53 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** ==ROOM CHANGE== Public Hearing: 03/27/2018 10:45 AM LOB 203
- **2018-03-28** Executive Session: 03/27/2018 LOB 306
- **2018-03-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/05/2018 (Vote 9-2; RC) HC 13 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/05/2018 HJ 11 P. 19 `passage`
- **2018-04-18** Enrolled (In recess 04/12/2018); SJ 13
- **2018-04-19** Enrolled 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 2
- **2018-05-17** Signed by the Governor on 05/15/2018; Chapter 0054; Effective 07/14/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcba456d-9ef3-4a90-b418-47570d6252ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).