---
type: "Bill"
title: "providing a death benefit for a New Hampshire hospital security officer killed in the line of duty and establishing a death benefit for state security officers killed in the line of duty."
description: "providing a death benefit for a New Hampshire hospital security officer killed in the line of duty and establishing a death benefit for state security officers killed in the line of duty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 604"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 604 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lou D'Allesandro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da3d5f04-c58c-40ba-965f-3280656f57fc"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3162&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "18940c06de5d7b5a2bfc9f91bcd50f605abb3cef6d13b21abbdddb2368e3f69d"
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 604 (2024) — providing a death benefit for a New Hampshire hospital security officer killed in the line of duty and establishing a death benefit for state security officers killed in the line of duty.

## 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=2261&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lou D'Allesandro — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Abbas — 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)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Prentiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** Introduced 01/18/2024 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing: 02/14/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 7
- **2024-02-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/07/2024, Vote 5-0; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Special Order to The beginning of the Calendar, Without Objection, MA; 03/07/2024; SJ 6
- **2024-03-07** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/07/2024; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/21/2024, Vote 7-0; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Ought to Pass: RC 23Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/21/2024; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced (in recess of) 03/28/2024 and referred to Finance HJ 10 P. 228 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11** Public Hearing: 04/17/2024 01:30 pm LOB 210-211
- **2024-04-17** Division I Work Session: 05/07/2024 11:00 am LOB 212
- **2024-05-08** Executive Session: 05/13/2024 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2024-05-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/16/2024 (Vote 22-2; RC) HC 20 P. 25 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-23** FLAM # 2024-1930h (NT) (Rep. D. McGuire): AA VV 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 109
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1930h: MA VV 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 110 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** Sen. Pearl Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-07-11** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-15** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 51
- **2024-07-30** Signed by the Governor on 07/26/2024; Chapter 0315; Effective 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/da3d5f04-c58c-40ba-965f-3280656f57fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).