---
type: "Bill"
title: "making emergency medical technicians and rescue squad members eligible for a death benefit if killed in the line of duty."
description: "making emergency medical technicians and rescue squad members eligible for a death benefit if killed in the line of duty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 224"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 224 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-27"
last_action: "2019-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/480e46af-7160-48dc-a1e9-1b7cad00b5a0"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0327&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "fee3fcf682405459ddd19fff6d00240f644f58c1aa2edf7ed6356b04a5ccfb7a"
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 HB 224 (2019) — making emergency medical technicians and rescue squad members eligible for a death benefit if killed in the line of duty.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2651e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2651e&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-27** Introduced 01/02/2019 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 2 P. 42 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-03** Public Hearing: 01/10/2019 02:00 pm LOB306
- **2019-01-16** Executive Session: 01/24/2019 02:00 pm LOB 306
- **2019-01-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0006h for 02/14/2019 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 11 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Amendment # 2019-0006h: AA VV 02/14/2019 HJ 5 P. 11
- **2019-02-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0006h: MA VV 02/14/2019 HJ 5 P. 11 `passage`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Finance 02/14/2019 HJ 5 P. 12
- **2019-02-15** Finance-Division I Work Session: 02/20/2019 10:00 am LOB 212
- **2019-02-26** Executive Session: 03/13/2019 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2019-03-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/19/2019 (Vote 21-0; CC) HC 16 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 26 `passage`
- **2019-03-29** Introduced 03/28/2019 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Hearing: 04/10/2019, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 17
- **2019-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1653s, 05/02/2019; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Committee Amendment # 2019-1653s, AA, VV; 05/02/2019; SJ 15
- **2019-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1653s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/02/2019; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/23/2019; SC 23 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/23/2019; SJ 17 `passage`
- **2019-05-24** Special Order to to the present time, Without Objection, MA; 05/23/2019; SJ 17
- **2019-06-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1653s (Rep. Goley): MA VV 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 3
- **2019-07-02** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2651e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-09** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2651e: AA VV 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 55
- **2019-07-29** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-29** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 59
- **2019-08-21** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/16/2019; Chapter 325; Eff: 10/15/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/480e46af-7160-48dc-a1e9-1b7cad00b5a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).