---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to payment of workers' compensation benefits by direct deposit."
description: "relative to payment of workers' compensation benefits by direct deposit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 84"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 84 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e2d922e-0449-453e-a817-3291b987d7d7"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0850&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "375a319d016a4fc74496c3f82a92125dc1536385a2f66233cfa53e998796edcf"
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 84 (2018) — relative to payment of workers' compensation benefits by direct deposit.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1279h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1279h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=838&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Committee Amendment 2552s — **14–9** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** Introduced 01/19/2017 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** ==CANCELLED== Hearing: 03/14/2017, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 11
- **2017-03-15** Hearing: 03/21/2017, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 15
- **2017-03-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/30/2017; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Sen. Giuda Moved to Rerefer, RC 14Y-9N, MA; 03/30/2017; SJ 12
- **2017-12-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-2552s, 01/03/2018; SC 48 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-03** Committee Amendment # 2017-2552s, RC 14Y-9N, AA; 01/03/2018; SJ 1
- **2018-01-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-2552s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/03/2018; SJ 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services HJ 7 P. 50 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Public Hearing: 03/28/2018 10:00 AM LOB 307
- **2018-03-20** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 04/04/2018 10:00 AM LOB 307
- **2018-03-29** ==RESCHEDULED== Executive Session: 04/04/2018 10:30 AM LOB 307
- **2018-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1279h (NT) for 04/19/2018 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 15 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Amendment # 2018-1279h: AA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 8
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1279h: MA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 8 `passage`
- **2018-04-26** Sen. French Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** President Appoints: Senators Innis, French, Soucy; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-05-02** Sen. Soucy Moved to Reconsider the vote on Nonconcur with the House Amendment and Request a C of C, MA, VV; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-02** Reconsideration will be taken up at the appropriate time; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-02** Sen. Innis Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-02** President Appoints: Senators Innis, French, Soucy; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-10** House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. S. Schmidt): MA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-10** Speaker Appoints: Reps. S. Schmidt, D. Ley, Merner, Cahill 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-10** Committee of Conference Meeting: 05/15/2018, 09:00 am, Room 100, SH
- **2018-05-17** Conference Committee Report # 2018-1990c Filed 05/17/2018; As Amended by the House
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report 1990c: Adopted, VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report # 2018-1990c, Adopted, VV; 05/23/2018; SJ 18
- **2018-06-04** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-05** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-29** Signed by the Governor on 06/25/2018; Chapter 0311; Effective 01/01/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e2d922e-0449-453e-a817-3291b987d7d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).