---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to employee leasing companies, workers' compensation coverage options, and a minimum wage exemption for minor league baseball players."
description: "relative to employee leasing companies, workers' compensation coverage options, and a minimum wage exemption for minor league baseball players."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 655"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 655 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4181f5ad-a1ce-4ece-ab8e-84822c49d176"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=2476&inflect=2"
source_hash: "0132500192d910f9f6bdf2fae57319bffa541630b80c8ed5e6ac9023bde733a6"
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 SB 655 (2026) — relative to employee leasing companies, workers' compensation coverage options, and a minimum wage exemption for minor league baseball players.

## 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=26437&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30143&q=billVersion)
3. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=33892&q=billVersion)
4. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=32279&q=billVersion)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** Introduced 01/29/2026 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Hearing: 02/10/2026, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 5
- **2026-03-05** Hearing: 03/10/2026, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am, on proposed non-germane amendment # 2026-1065s; SC 9
- **2026-03-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1160s, 03/26/2026; Vote 6-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-1160s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/26/2026; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-20** Committee Amendment # 2026-1160s, AA, VV; 03/26/2026; SJ 7
- **2026-03-27** Introduced (in recess of) 03/26/2026 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services HJ 9 P. 55 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01** Public Hearing: 04/14/2026 10:00 am GP 159
- **2026-04-15** Executive Session: 04/21/2026 02:30 pm GP 159
- **2026-04-15** Full Committee Work Session: 04/21/2026 09:00 am GP 159
- **2026-04-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/21/2026 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 18 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-07** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/07/2026 HJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-05-28** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/21/2026); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2026-05-28** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/21/2026 HJ 14
- **2026-06-22** Signed by the Governor on 06/12/2026; Chapter 146; Effective 08/11/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4181f5ad-a1ce-4ece-ab8e-84822c49d176`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).