---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to employer notice of veterans' benefits and services."
description: "relative to employer notice of veterans' benefits and services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 588"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 588 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lou D'Allesandro"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-02-01"
last_action: "2024-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ef9312e-361d-4773-a03f-f37be8cd499f"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3147&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "f24ea98e38862ac0a28fddb3492589f52da2bd6aa5ac2efeebd034ebd95d9758"
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 SB 588 (2024) — relative to employer notice of veterans' benefits and services.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2316e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2316e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2246&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Lou D'Allesandro — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-01** Introduced 01/18/2024 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Hearing: 03/19/2024, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 11
- **2024-03-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/05/2024, Vote 4-0; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/05/2024; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-10** Introduced (in recess of) 03/28/2024 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services HJ 10 P. 228 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** Public Hearing: 04/24/2024 09:45 am LOB 307
- **2024-04-15** Executive Session: 04/24/2024 01:30 pm LOB 307
- **2024-05-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/24/2024 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 20 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 38 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-25** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2316e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 44
- **2024-06-25** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2316e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **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 P. 47
- **2024-07-26** Signed by the Governor on 07/19/2024; Chapter 0261; Effective 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/1ef9312e-361d-4773-a03f-f37be8cd499f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).