---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to recommendations of the joint committee on employee classification."
description: "relative to recommendations of the joint committee on employee classification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1548"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1548 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tony Lekas"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-11"
last_action: "2024-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47023224-632b-4c05-9d52-27b716447e10"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2519&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "e5f8cf5ee870fb040bfcb88d41febbe3a5893385beaa751157940a60621d179d"
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 1548 (2024) — relative to recommendations of the joint committee on employee classification.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2317e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2317e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1606&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Tony Lekas — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Peter B. Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Emerick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-11** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 1 P. 24 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Public Hearing: 01/31/2024 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-02-16** Executive Session: 01/31/2024 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-02-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/13/2024 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 9 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/07/2024 HJ 7 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-13** Introduced 03/07/2024 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Hearing: 03/27/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 12
- **2024-05-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/16/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-09** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2024; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-21** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2317e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-25** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2317e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 44
- **2024-07-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-02** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16
- **2024-07-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/19/2024; Chapter 247; eff. 09/17/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47023224-632b-4c05-9d52-27b716447e10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).