---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to retention of job applications and personnel files."
description: "relative to retention of job applications and personnel files."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1450"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1450 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sandra B. Keans"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-03"
last_action: "2018-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/027d985d-47da-497b-b0e9-1245b3c1dc7f"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2219&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "bec1c7e60346ca6b7b44c5650032091c9f035bf31b9625918f9bd702ec32f7e3"
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 1450 (2018) — relative to retention of job applications and personnel files.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1633s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1633s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1232&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Sandra B. Keans — primary (person)
- Bette R Lasky — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin W. Sterling — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Belanger — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Michael D. Cahill — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-03** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 02/02/2018 02:00 PM LOB 301
- **2018-01-11** ==TIME CHANGE== Executive Session: 02/20/2018 11:00 AM LOB 301
- **2018-02-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/06/2018 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 9 P. 29 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 51 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Public and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Hearing: 04/11/2018, Room 102, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 14
- **2018-04-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1633s, 04/26/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Committee Amendment # 2018-1633s, AA, VV; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1633s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/26/2018; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1633s (Rep. J. Belanger): MA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-18** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/12/2018; Chapter 247; 8/11/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/027d985d-47da-497b-b0e9-1245b3c1dc7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).