---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to employer documentation requirements."
description: "relative to employer documentation requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1168"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1168 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian H Labrie"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-01"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9ada97d-61b4-4080-8a42-180e1b80404d"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1662&inflect=2"
source_hash: "2f7d63254949920d923553a98c0f407998d4772c7b0ed39844b8600f70c912ca"
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 1168 (2026) — relative to employer documentation requirements.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Brian H Labrie — primary (person)
- Henry R Giasson — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Warden — cosponsor (person)
- Michael E Granger — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Drago — cosponsor (person)
- Ross Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Tim McGough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-01** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services HJ 1 P. 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Public Hearing: 01/20/2026 01:45 pm GP 159
- **2026-01-21** Executive Session: 01/27/2026 10:00 am GP 159
- **2026-01-28** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/27/2026 (Vote 11-9; RC) HC 5 P. 25 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-28** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2026-02-05** Ought to Pass: MA DV 175-162 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 54 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-09** Introduced 02/05/2026 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing: 02/17/2026, Room 100, SH, 10:30 am; SC 6
- **2026-02-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0786s, 03/05/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Committee Amendment # 2026-0786s, AA, VV; 03/05/2026; SJ 5
- **2026-02-24** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0786s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/05/2026; SJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-09** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-0786s (Rep. Creighton): MA VV 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 8
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/23/2026); SJ 11 `enrolled`
- **2026-05-12** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/08/2026; Chapter 50; eff. 07/07/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9ada97d-61b4-4080-8a42-180e1b80404d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).