---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study elimination by political subdivision employers of a retirement system position."
description: "establishing a committee to study elimination by political subdivision employers of a retirement system position."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 461"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 461 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephen C. Pearson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/872290e0-87e4-42fe-91bd-4dd379912e64"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0473&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "b86c25de350fd0b6321c5c54ce6259bc9714c7567f987a22ffdb51543fe6201c"
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 461 (2023) — establishing a committee to study elimination by political subdivision employers of a retirement system position.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1436s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1436s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Stephen C. Pearson — primary (person)
- Douglas R. Trottier — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin M. Pratt — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Proulx — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bordes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 3 P. 17 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Public Hearing: 02/15/2023 11:15 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-02-21** Executive Session: 03/08/2023 01:30 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-02-23** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/24/2023 09:00 am LOB306-308
- **2023-03-07** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/10/2023 11:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-03-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0782h (NT) 03/08/2023 (Vote 20-0; RC) HC 16 P. 28 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-22** Amendment # 2023-0782h: AA VV 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 84
- **2023-03-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0782h: MA VV 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 84 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-24** Introduced 03/23/2023 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Hearing: 04/05/2023, Room 103, SH, 10:00 am; SC 16
- **2023-04-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1436s, 05/11/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Committee Amendment # 2023-1436s, AA, VV; 05/11/2023; SJ 14
- **2023-05-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1436s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/11/2023; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/18/2023; SC 22A `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/18/2023; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-12** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2023-1436s and Requests CofC (Reps. Goley, O'Brien, True, T. Dolan): MA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 74
- **2023-06-15** Sen. Pearl Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **2023-06-15** President Appoints: Senators Pearl, Carson, Altschiller; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **2023-06-19** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/19/2023 01:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-06-22** Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off; SJ 20 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-27** Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off; HJ 16 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/872290e0-87e4-42fe-91bd-4dd379912e64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).