---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to a one-time allowance for certain state retirees."
description: "relative to a one-time allowance for certain state retirees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1535"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1535 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy E. Merner"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-12-09"
last_action: "2022-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7392b52-094a-45b5-a0a9-a662903c4b4a"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2655&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "e85bd7a6a8d22b0a4ee39835c13db27a6a5f6b850e03ebe45d3eb0c8458077db"
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 1535 (2022) — relative to a one-time allowance for certain state retirees.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1683s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1683s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass — **17–7** (pass) · upper
- Inexpedient to Legislate — **9–15** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Troy E. Merner — primary (person)
- Brodie S. Deshaies — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph A. Guthrie — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bordes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-09** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Public Hearing: 01/13/2022 9:00 a.m. LOB302-304
- **2022-01-18** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/21/2022 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2022-02-07** Executive Session: 02/07/2022 10:30 a.m. LOB302-304
- **2022-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0551h (Vote 17-2; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0551h: MA VV 02/17/2022 HJ 4 `passage`
- **2022-03-09** Division Work Session: 03/01/2022 01:00 pm LOB 212
- **2022-02-25** Amendment # 2022-0551h: AA VV 02/17/2022 HJ 4
- **2022-02-25** Referred to Finance 02/17/2022 HJ 4
- **2022-03-01** Division Work Session: 03/09/2022 01:00 pm LOB 212
- **2022-03-09** Executive Session: 03/23/2022 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2022-03-14** ==CANCELLED== Division Work Session: 03/18/2022 01:00 pm LOB 212
- **2022-03-18** ==CONTINUED== Division I Work Session: 03/22/2022 01:00 pm LOB 212
- **2022-03-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1151h (NT) (Vote 18-3; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Amendment # 2022-1151h: AA VV 03/31/2022 HJ 9
- **2022-03-31** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1151h: MA DV 218-100 03/31/2022 HJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-04-05** Introduced 03/31/2022 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Hearing: 04/13/2022, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 15
- **2022-04-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1683s, 04/28/2022; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Committee Amendment # 2022-1683s, AA, VV; 04/28/2022; SJ 10
- **2022-04-28** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1683s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 04/28/2022; SJ 10 `passage`
- **2022-05-03** Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 05/05/2022; SC 18A
- **2022-05-05** Inexpedient to Legislate, RC 9Y-15N, MF; 05/05/2022; SJ 11
- **2022-05-05** Sen. Soucy Moved Ought to Pass; 05/05/2022; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Ought to Pass: RC 17Y-7N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/05/2022; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. McGuire): MA VV 05/12/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-06-09** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-09** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022
- **2022-06-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/17/2022; Chapter 203; 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/b7392b52-094a-45b5-a0a9-a662903c4b4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).