---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the calculation of group II retirement benefits in the retirement system."
description: "relative to the calculation of group II retirement benefits in the retirement system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1647"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1647 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peter R. Leishman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-15"
last_action: "2024-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56e9b361-4e61-4f55-b986-c54d4f0ee449"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3143&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "c9ea92acb575faef797c70bfe7a66044a71e0aee7dc6fe0efcfe9f66d043d9c2"
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 1647 (2024) — relative to the calculation of group II retirement benefits in the retirement system.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2137s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2137s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2242&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Floor Amendment — **10–14** (fail) · upper
- Committee Amendment — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Peter R. Leishman — primary (person)
- Dan McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Jaci L. Grote — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey P. Goley — cosponsor (person)
- Steve J. Shurtleff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-15** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 1 P. 28 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/11/2024 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-01-16** ==RECESSED== Subcommittee Work Session: 01/18/2024 09:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-01-22** ==CONTINUED== Subcommittee Work Session: 01/31/2024 09:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-01-31** Executive Session: 02/07/2024 10:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0326h 02/07/2024 (Vote 20-0; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Amendment # 2024-0326h: AA VV 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 110
- **2024-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0326h: MA VV 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 111 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-22** Referred to Finance 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 111 `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Division Work Session: 03/13/2024 11:00 am LOB 212
- **2024-03-13** Executive Session: 03/19/2024 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2024-03-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1134h 03/26/2024 (Vote 23-2; RC) HC 14 P. 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Amendment # 2024-1134h: AA VV 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 75
- **2024-04-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1134h: MA VV 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 75 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-16** Introduced 04/11/2024 and Referred to Finance; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** Hearing: 04/23/2024, Room 103, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 16
- **2024-05-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1977s, 05/22/2024, Vote 7-0; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Committee Amendment # 2024-1977s, RC 24Y-0N, AA; 05/22/2024; SJ 14
- **2024-05-22** Sen. Soucy Floor Amendment # 2024-2137s, RC 10Y-14N, AF; 05/22/2024; SJ 14
- **2024-05-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1977s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/22/2024; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1977s (Reps. C. McGuire, Weyler): MA VV 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 16
- **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 253; eff. 06/30/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56e9b361-4e61-4f55-b986-c54d4f0ee449`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).