---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to death benefits for public works employees killed in the line of duty, and relative to workers' compensation offsets for certain retirement system benefits."
description: "relative to death benefits for public works employees killed in the line of duty, and relative to workers' compensation offsets for certain retirement system benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 536"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 536 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kristina M. Schultz"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97a2d2cc-b476-4ae5-8c3e-1be0182985b9"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0794&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "dbc24dc47e189a699b924d98d6f55165878ae1d5932134a243fe44374ccc42db"
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 536 (2022) — relative to death benefits for public works employees killed in the line of duty, and relative to workers' compensation offsets for certain retirement system benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-2118h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2021-2118h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=802&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Refer to Interim Study — **11–13** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kristina M. Schultz — primary (person)
- Dianne E. Schuett — cosponsor (person)
- Jaci L. Grote — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey P. Goley — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin J. Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Linda C. Harriott-Gathright — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Safiya Wazir — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy A. Soucy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 2 P. 52 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Public Hearing: 01/27/2021 09:30 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/92995497899 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time thecommittee is initially convened.
- **2021-02-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 18-1; CC) HC 12 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/24/2021 HJ 3 P. 9 `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Referred to Finance 02/24/2021 HJ 3 P. 9
- **2021-03-04** Division I Work Session: 03/09/2021 09:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/94444579237
- **2021-03-25** Executive Session: 03/29/2021 09:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/92166004660
- **2021-03-30** Retained in Committee
- **2021-08-31** Division I Work Session: 09/14/2021 03:15 pm LOB 212
- **2021-09-15** Division I Work Session: 09/28/2021 01:00 pm LOB 212
- **2021-10-06** Executive Session: 10/26/2021 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2021-10-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-2118h (Vote 21-0; RC) HC 48 P. 33 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-09** Amendment # 2021-2118h: AA VV 01/06/2022 HJ 1
- **2022-01-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment : MA VV 01/06/2022 HJ 1 `passage`
- **2022-01-18** Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Hearing: 03/16/2022, Room 103, SH, 09:45 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`
- **2022-04-20** Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 04/28/2022; SC 17
- **2022-04-28** Special Order to to the next session, Without Objection, MA; 04/28/2022; SJ 10
- **2022-04-28** Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 05/05/2022; SC 18
- **2022-05-05** Refer to Interim Study, RC 11Y-13N, MF; 05/05/2022; SJ 11
- **2022-05-05** Sen. D'Allesandro Moved Ought to Pass; 05/05/2022; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/05/2022; SC 19 `passage`
- **2022-05-17** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-18** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022
- **2022-06-01** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/27/2022; Chapter 102; 07/01/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97a2d2cc-b476-4ae5-8c3e-1be0182985b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).