---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the employment of military spouses in the event of involuntary deployment of service member."
description: "relative to the employment of military spouses in the event of involuntary deployment of service member."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 225"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 225 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James L Creighton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90aec79e-eb13-4141-98c2-7cb4f81038e8"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0216&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "9430ed64183c14930ab27de1d20c80d5632c4c513c4b8712fa4fa793ae129c9f"
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 225 (2025) — relative to the employment of military spouses in the event of involuntary deployment of service member.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1963s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1963s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- James L Creighton — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Pauer — cosponsor (person)
- Jess Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Juliet Harvey-Bolia — cosponsor (person)
- Larry G Gagne — cosponsor (person)
- Megan A Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Riché Colcombe — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- Ted Gorski — cosponsor (person)
- Terry W Roy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services HJ 2 P. 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Public Hearing: 01/21/2025 03:15 pm LOB 307
- **2025-01-15** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 01/28/2025 10:00 am LOB 307
- **2025-01-29** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 02/04/2025 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2025-02-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0075h 02/04/2025 (Vote 19-1; CC) HC 11 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Amendment # 2025-0075h: AA VV 02/13/2025 HJ 5 P. 13
- **2025-02-13** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0075h: MA VV 02/13/2025 HJ 5 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** ==TIME CHANGE== Hearing: 03/25/2025, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am; SC 14
- **2025-05-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1963s, 05/15/2025; Vote 6-0; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** HB 225 was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 05/15/2025; SJ 13
- **2025-05-15** Ought to Pass with Amendments #2025-1963s and #2025-2086s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2025; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-15** Sen. Innis Floor Amendment # 2025-2086s, AA, VV; 05/15/2025; SJ 13
- **2025-05-15** Committee Amendment # 2025-1963s, AA, VV; 05/15/2025; SJ 13
- **2025-06-05** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1963s and 2025-2086s (Rep. Creighton): MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16
- **2025-07-02** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 59
- **2025-07-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 172; eff. 01/01/2026 HJ 18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90aec79e-eb13-4141-98c2-7cb4f81038e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).