---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the designation of the chief financial officer as a civilian employee within the department of military affairs and veterans services."
description: "relative to the designation of the chief financial officer as a civilian employee within the department of military affairs and veterans services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1025"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1025 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James L Creighton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-11-07"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1227a6a4-2410-44cc-a1ed-8e458b7ce49c"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1583&inflect=2"
source_hash: "c73f093320527793f4b5e917919f67fc2e5e732a4fc339ffa40b0109bac9cbec"
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 1025 (2026) — relative to the designation of the chief financial officer as a civilian employee within the department of military affairs and veterans services.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=20423&q=billVersion)
2. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30241&q=billVersion)
3. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=28070&q=billVersion)

## Sponsors

- James L Creighton — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Michael I Moffett — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas A Germana — cosponsor (person)
- Robert D Harb — cosponsor (person)
- Terry W Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-07** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs HJ 1 P. 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/16/2026 09:00 am GP 228
- **2026-01-08** Executive Session: 01/16/2026 02:00 pm GP 228
- **2026-01-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/16/2026 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 5 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 20 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-09** Introduced 02/05/2026 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing: 02/18/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:10 am; SC 6
- **2026-02-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/05/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/05/2026; SJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-17** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 03/12/2026); SJ 7 `enrolled`
- **2026-03-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 03/12/2026 HJ 8 P. 115
- **2026-03-30** Signed by Governor Ayotte 03/27/2026; Chapter 10; eff. 07/1/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1227a6a4-2410-44cc-a1ed-8e458b7ce49c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).