---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a recruitment and retention program for state employment."
description: "establishing a recruitment and retention program for state employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 226"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 226 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lou D'Allesandro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6762354c-4731-425e-bd70-c13f2448bbb0"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2942&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "acfe8038ed7a810cef25ab9ae09e3452bf539797c4ab35fad5724866ba293400"
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 SB 226 (2022) — establishing a recruitment and retention program for state employment.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1295s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1295s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Laid on Table — **12–10** (pass) · upper
- Refer to Interim Study — **11–11** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lou D'Allesandro — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin J. Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-14** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-21** Hearing: 01/12/2022, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 50
- **2022-01-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/03/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/03/2022; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 03/24/2022; SC 12
- **2022-03-24** Refer to Interim Study, RC 11Y-11N, MF; 03/24/2022; SJ 6
- **2022-03-24** Sen. Bradley Moved Laid on Table, RC 12Y-10N, MA; 03/24/2022; SJ 6
- **2022-03-24** No Pending Motion; 03/24/2022 SJ 6
- **2022-03-31** Sen. Bradley Moved to Remove From Table, MA, VV; 03/31/2022; SJ 7
- **2022-03-31** Sen. Bradley Moved Ought to Pass; 03/31/2022; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Sen. Bradley Floor Amendment # 2022-1295s, AA, VV; 03/31/2022; SJ 7
- **2022-03-31** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1295s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/31/2022; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Introduced 03/31/2022 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Public Hearing: 04/19/2022 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-26** Executive Session: 04/19/2022 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 19-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-08** Signed by the Governor on 06/07/2022; Chapter 0147 `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-08** II. Remainder Effective 08/06/2022
- **2022-06-08** I. Section 2 Effective 07/01/2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6762354c-4731-425e-bd70-c13f2448bbb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).