---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the rate of the business profits tax, and relative to payment by the state to political subdivisions of an amount equal to a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers."
description: "relative to the rate of the business profits tax, and relative to payment by the state to political subdivisions of an amount equal to a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1221"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1221 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeanine M. Notter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-11-18"
last_action: "2022-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31e29458-84e3-4c6b-8a74-78c267107ebb"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2291&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "5f98e0feb2f508beeba3b67956afcc9e71b68d8cbc328b94c14a6155229769fc"
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 1221 (2022) — relative to the rate of the business profits tax, and relative to payment by the state to political subdivisions of an amount equal to a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1840s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1840s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Amendment — **227–99** (pass) · lower
- Sections — **14–10** (pass) · upper
- Sections — **14–10** (pass) · upper
- Committee Amendment Sections — **14–10** (pass) · upper
- Committee Amendment Sections — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- OTPA — **177–141** (pass) · lower
- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeanine M. Notter — primary (person)
- Deborah L. Hobson — cosponsor (person)
- Jason M. Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Potucek — cosponsor (person)
- Leonard P. Turcotte — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen C. Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Max Abramson — cosponsor (person)
- Robert V. Healey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-18** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Ways and Means `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/13/2022 10:15 am LOB 202-204
- **2022-01-19** Full Committee Work Session: 01/26/2022 09:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2022-01-26** Full Committee Work Session: 02/02/2022 09:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2022-02-03** Full Committee Work Session: 02/10/2022 09:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2022-02-19** Full Committee Work Session: 02/24/2022 09:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2022-03-02** Executive Session: 03/09/2022 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2022-03-10** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0471h (Vote 12-11; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-10** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2022-03-18** Special Order HB1221 (Rep. Osborne): MA VV 03/17/2022 HJ 8
- **2022-03-18** Amendment # 2022-0471h (NT): AA RC 227-99 03/17/2022 HJ 8
- **2022-03-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0471: MA RC 177-141 03/17/2022 HJ 8 `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Introduced 03/17/2022 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** Hearing: 03/30/2022, Room 100, SH, 10:15 am; SC 13
- **2022-03-31** Hearing: 04/06/2022, Room 101, LOB, 10:00 am, on proposed amendment # 2022-1294s; SC 14
- **2022-04-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1528s, 04/21/2022; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Without Objection, Rule 3-17 is Suspended to Allow Non-Germane Amendment # 2022-1528s; 2/3 Necessary, MA; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
- **2022-04-21** Sen. Soucy Moved to divide the Question on Committee Amendment #2022-1528s: Sections 3 and 7 and then the remainder of the amendment with the effective date; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
- **2022-04-21** The Chair ruled the Question Divisible; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
- **2022-04-21** Committee Amendment #2022-1528s: Sections 3 and 7, RC 14Y-10N, AA; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
- **2022-04-21** Committee Amendment #2022-1528s: Remainder of Amendment with the effective date, RC 24Y-0N, AA; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
- **2022-04-21** Sen. Soucy Moved to divide the Question on the motion of Ought to Pass with Amendment: Sections 1, 3, and 7 and then the remainder of the bill as amended with the effective date; 04/21/2022; SJ 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** The Chair ruled the Question Divisible; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1528s: Sections 1, 3, and 7, RC 14Y-10N, MA; 04/21/2022; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1528s: Remainder of the bill with the effective date , RC 24Y-0N, MA; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 04/21/2022; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-04-21** Chair Ruled Sections of Amendment # 2022-1528s Non-Germane, 04/21/2022; SJ 9
- **2022-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1840s, 05/05/2022; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Committee Amendment # 2022-1840s, AA, VV; 05/05/2022; SJ 11
- **2022-05-05** The Chair ruled the Question Divisible; 05/05/2022; SJ 11
- **2022-05-05** Sen. Soucy Moved to divide the Question on the motion of Ought to Pass with Amendment: Sections 1, 3, and 7 and then the remainder of the bill as amended with the effective date; 05/05/2022; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1840s: Sections 1, 3, and 7, RC 14Y-10N, MA; 05/05/2022; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1840s: Remainder of the bill with the effective date, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/05/2022; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-10** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2022-1840s 2022-1528s and Requests CofC (Reps. Abrami, Bershtein, Janigian, Lang): MA VV 05/05/2022 HJ 12
- **2022-05-12** Sen. Giuda Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-05-12** President Appoints: Senators Giuda, Bradley, D'Allesandro; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-05-18** Conference Committee Meeting: 05/18/2022 11:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2022-05-18** Conferee Change; Senator Daniels Replaces Senator D'Allesandro; SJ 13
- **2022-05-19** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2022-2050c; 05/26/2022 SJ 13
- **2022-05-26** Conference Committee Report # 2022-2050c; RC 24Y-0N, Adopted; 05/26/2022; SJ 13
- **2022-05-26** Conference Committee Report 2022-2050c: Adopted, VV 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-06** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/17/2022; Chapter 189; I. Sec 1 eff. 06/17/2022 II. Rem eff. 07/01/2022 HJ 14 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31e29458-84e3-4c6b-8a74-78c267107ebb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).