---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to retirement system employer reports."
description: "relative to retirement system employer reports."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 278"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 278 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tracy Emerick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df7b82ef-de67-407a-9036-77657a86f281"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0217&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "9ab5fa9da936b3f455aff2ad667a7b3fa92bbd0f610794e4ba1c7348a6e46098"
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 278 (2023) — relative to retirement system employer reports.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0334h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0334h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Tracy Emerick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 3 P. 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Public Hearing: 02/15/2023 10:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-02-08** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2023-0334h: 02/15/2023 10:35 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-02-21** Executive Session: 03/08/2023 01:30 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-02-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0334h NT 02/15/2023 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 14 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-09** Amendment # 2023-0334h: AA VV 03/09/2023 HJ 8 P. 6
- **2023-03-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0334h: MA VV 03/09/2023 HJ 8 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-14** Introduced 03/09/2023 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Hearing: 04/05/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 16
- **2023-04-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/13/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-13** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/13/2023; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-23** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/18/2023); SJ 16 `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/18/2023 HJ 14
- **2023-06-02** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/01/2023; Chapter 63; Eff: 06/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df7b82ef-de67-407a-9036-77657a86f281`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).