---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to optional allowances in the retirement system."
description: "relative to optional allowances in the retirement system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1497"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1497 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom E. Lanzara"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-03"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3a8c145-ee83-4520-aaf9-91b4f60c6c2b"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2584&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "22bd29ee7223beff2a38b795e13b99c78705b04c4a857e15fddab794d894442f"
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 1497 (2022) — relative to optional allowances in the retirement system.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-0437h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0437h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Tom E. Lanzara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-03** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Public Hearing: 01/25/2022 11:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-01-26** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/01/2022 08:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-02-09** Executive Session: 02/01/2022 08:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0437h (Vote 18-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0437h: MA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Amendment # 2022-0437h: AA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3
- **2022-03-01** Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Hearing: 03/16/2022, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 11
- **2022-03-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/31/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/31/2022; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2022-04-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/21/2022; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/21/2022; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022
- **2022-05-24** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/20/2022; Chapter 76; Eff. 07/19/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3a8c145-ee83-4520-aaf9-91b4f60c6c2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).