---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to coverage of children under the state retiree insurance plan."
description: "relative to coverage of children under the state retiree insurance plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 552"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 552 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Newsom"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a40fb7ad-1b13-411f-b4e5-dbb934725d4e"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0787&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "67e3a915c011d5bc789672a3369854a83cb32eb9eda503910f040a1e3a83ff56"
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 552 (2025) — relative to coverage of children under the state retiree insurance plan.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- James Newsom — primary (person)
- David J. Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Tara Reardon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 3 P. 15 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Public Hearing: 01/29/2025 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-02-13** Executive Session: 03/05/2025 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-02-21** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/12/2025 11:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-03-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/05/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-13** Referred to Finance 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 8 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Division I Work Session: 03/24/2025 09:00 am LOB 212
- **2025-03-26** Executive Session: 04/01/2025 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2025-04-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/02/2025 (Vote 25-0; CC) HC 19 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/10/2025 HJ 12 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-04-11** Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17** Hearing: 04/23/2025, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 19
- **2025-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/01/2025; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/01/2025; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-23** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/22/2025); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2025-05-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 51
- **2025-06-06** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/02/2025; Chapter 68; eff. 08/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a40fb7ad-1b13-411f-b4e5-dbb934725d4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).