---
type: "Bill"
title: "allowing a county to exempt its chief administrative officer from compulsory participation in the retirement system."
description: "allowing a county to exempt its chief administrative officer from compulsory participation in the retirement system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 30"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 30 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy F. Aron"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-12-23"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3096d148-ed4f-432c-9dbd-3716be070369"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0051&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "46499ca7eb5b8414c8924466fe8503edf0a9b41f7efbaf1643396a8dac4babe5"
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 30 (2023) — allowing a county to exempt its chief administrative officer from compulsory participation in the retirement system.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Judy F. Aron — primary (person)
- Carol M. McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- John R. Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret M. Drye — cosponsor (person)
- Steven D. Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-23** Introduced 01/04/2023 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/12/2023 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-01-19** ==CANCELLED== Subcommittee Work Session: 01/25/2023 09:30 am LOB 306
- **2023-01-25** Executive Session: 01/12/2023 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-01-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/12/2023 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 9 P. 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-02** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/02/2023 HJ 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced 02/22/2023 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Hearing: 03/15/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 13
- **2023-04-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/13/2023; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-13** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/13/2023; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-02** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/06/2023
- **2023-05-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/13/2023); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2023-05-08** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/04/2023; Chapter 9; eff: 07/03/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3096d148-ed4f-432c-9dbd-3716be070369`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).