---
type: "Bill"
title: "including police officers of the state office complex police force in group II of the retirement system."
description: "including police officers of the state office complex police force in group II of the retirement system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 538"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 538 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob J. Giuda"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99072ce8-fd23-4e3d-81f5-d6e0144591ac"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2935&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "8dd7a556b0ecaff9b1bb99b7c569f9c1081b466ed25c1de5c15bb954f173ed35"
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 538 (2018) — including police officers of the state office complex police force in group II of the retirement system.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0521s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0521s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1951&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Bob J. Giuda — primary (person)
- Bette R Lasky — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Welch — cosponsor (person)
- Donald L. LeBrun — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth L. Weyler — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Roger R. Berube — 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, 10:00 am; SC 5
- **2018-02-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0521s, 02/15/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Committee Amendment # 2018-0521s, AA, VV; 02/15/2018; SJ 4
- **2018-02-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0521s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/15/2018; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/15/2018; SC 12A `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`
- **2018-03-20** Public Hearing: 03/29/2018 02:00 PM LOB 306
- **2018-03-28** Executive Session: 04/03/2018 11:00 AM LOB 306
- **2018-04-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/12/2018 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 14 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 5 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Referred to Finance 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 5
- **2018-04-19** Executive Session: 04/25/2018 10:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-19** Division I Work Session: 04/24/2018 10:45 AM LOB 212
- **2018-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 05/02/2018 (Vote 24-2; RC) HC 17 P. 21 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-03** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/03/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-06-14** Signed by the Governor on 06/08/2018; Chapter 0234; Effective 07/01/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99072ce8-fd23-4e3d-81f5-d6e0144591ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).