---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to payment of wages for deceased employees."
description: "relative to payment of wages for deceased employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1201"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1201 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Seaworth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-01"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae371ee9-fb3d-4bb1-85c5-717ffb0918a8"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2323&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "97baed15df55bbffae5e72208343c74889cb28b4b7c9d0effcb08f3935767de8"
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 1201 (2024) — relative to payment of wages for deceased employees.

## Version chain

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

1. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1410&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Brian Seaworth — primary (person)
- William J. Infantine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-01** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/18/2024 01:00 pm LOB 307
- **2024-02-12** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/14/2024 01:00 pm LOB 307
- **2024-02-23** Executive Session: 03/06/2024 01:00 pm LOB 305
- **2024-03-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/06/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/21/2024 HJ 9 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-26** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Hearing: 05/07/2024, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 18
- **2024-05-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/22/2024; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16
- **2024-07-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/12/2024; Chapter 191; eff. 09/10/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae371ee9-fb3d-4bb1-85c5-717ffb0918a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).