---
type: "Bill"
title: "extending the indemnification of legislative security staff members to legislative sergeant-at-arms staff members while acting within the scope of their duties."
description: "extending the indemnification of legislative security staff members to legislative sergeant-at-arms staff members while acting within the scope of their duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1000"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1000 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sherman A. Packard"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-11-07"
last_action: "2026-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/912c7e75-f00d-47eb-a45a-963decd74f4a"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=2122&inflect=2"
source_hash: "5793e38e6801b0b2e59e70b3f1071df3122d866b8cce5b70257068aed396f41e"
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 1000 (2026) — extending the indemnification of legislative security staff members to legislative sergeant-at-arms staff members while acting within the scope of their duties.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Sherman A. Packard — primary (person)
- Alexis H Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Damphousse Telerski — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Steven D Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-07** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Legislative Administration HJ 1 P. 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/22/2026 10:30 am GP 234
- **2026-01-29** Executive Session: 01/22/2026 01:00 pm GP 234
- **2026-01-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0228h 01/22/2026 (Vote 11-0; CC) HC 5 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** Amendment # 2026-0228h: AA VV 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 13
- **2026-02-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0228h: MA VV 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-10** Hearing: 02/10/2026, Room 100, SH, 01:20 pm; SC 5A
- **2026-02-06** Introduced 02/05/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/19/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; Read a Third Time, and Final Passage in the early session, MA, VV; 02/19/2026; SJ 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-19** Enrolled, Without Objection, MA; 02/19/2026; SJ 4
- **2026-02-19** Enrolled VV 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 89
- **2026-02-25** Signed by Governor Ayotte 02/24/2026; Chapter 3; eff. 02/24/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/912c7e75-f00d-47eb-a45a-963decd74f4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).