---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to part-time employment of a retirement system retiree by a participating employer."
description: "relative to part-time employment of a retirement system retiree by a participating employer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 561"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 561 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2018-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62e997f6-40eb-428e-bb7a-f9b8b0042c5e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0651&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "af9a5dafdd6dbf9ff3af42521361fc6423afa021b9cb93cf244856fc71afe34b"
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 561 (2018) — relative to part-time employment of a retirement system retiree by a participating employer.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0611s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0611s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=695&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Inexpedient to Legislate — **11–13** (fail) · upper
- Committee Amendment 0110s — **21–3** (pass) · upper
- Ought to Pass with Amendment — **17–7** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment 0172s — **4–20** (fail) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 3 P. 18 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** Public Hearing: 01/24/2017 02:45 PM LOB 306
- **2017-01-25** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/01/2017 03:30 PM LOB 303
- **2017-02-02** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/08/2017 01:30 PM LOB 306
- **2017-02-08** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/15/2017 03:00 PM LOB 306
- **2017-02-15** Executive Session: 02/23/2017 02:30 PM LOB 305-307
- **2017-02-16** ==CANCELLED== Subcommittee Work Session: 02/21/2017 02:00 PM LOB 306
- **2017-02-21** ==CANCELLED== Subcommittee Work Session: 02/22/2017 03:00 PM LOB 308
- **2017-02-21** ==RESCHEDULED== Subcommittee Work Session: 02/23/2017 01:00 PM LOB 306
- **2017-03-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0611h (NT) for 03/08/2017 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 14 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Amendment # 2017-0611h: AA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 26
- **2017-03-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0611h: MA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 26 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Introduced 03/09/2017 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Hearing: 04/12/2017, Room 101, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 18
- **2017-05-03** Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, 05/11/2017; SC 22
- **2017-05-11** Rereferred to Committee, MA, VV; 05/11/2017; SJ 16
- **2017-12-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-2549s, 01/03/2018; SC 48 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-05** Hearing: 01/10/2018, Room 101, LOB, 10:45 am, on proposed amendment # 2018-0027s; SC 2A
- **2018-01-08** Sen. Bradley Moved to Rerefer, MA, VV; 01/03/2018; SJ 1
- **2018-01-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0110s, 01/18/2018; SC 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-18** Committee Amendment # 2018-0110s, RC 21Y-3N, AA; 01/18/2018; SJ 2
- **2018-01-18** Sen. Kahn Floor Amendment # 2018-0172s, RC 4Y-20N, AF; 01/18/2018; SJ 2
- **2018-01-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0110s, RC 17Y-7N, MA; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 01/18/2018; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2018-01-30** Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 02/15/2018; SC 7
- **2018-02-15** Special Order to the Call of the Chair, Without Objection, MA; 02/15/2018; SJ 4
- **2018-02-15** Inexpedient to Legislate, RC 11Y-13N, MF; 02/15/2018; SJ 4
- **2018-02-15** Sen. Bradley Moved Ought to Pass; 02/15/2018; SJ 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Sen. Bradley Floor Amendment # 2018-0611s, AA, VV; 02/15/2018; SJ 4
- **2018-02-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0611s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/15/2018; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2018-04-05** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 0110s and 0611s and Requests CofC (Rep. McGuire): MA VV 04/05/2018 HJ 11 P. 2
- **2018-04-05** Speaker Appoints: Reps. McGuire, Sytek, Proulx, Goley 04/05/2018 HJ 11 P. 2
- **2018-05-02** Sen. Carson Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-02** President Appoints: Senators Carson, Bradley, Soucy; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-14** ==RECESSED== Conference Committee Meeting: 05/15/2018 02:45 PM LOB 306
- **2018-05-15** ==CONTINUED== Conference Committee Meeting: 05/16/2018 02:30 PM LOB 306
- **2018-05-17** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2018-2055c; 05/17/2018
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report # 2018-2055c, Adopted, VV; 05/23/2018; SJ 18
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report 2055c: Adopted, VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-04** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-05** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/25/2018; Chapter 293; Eff. 1/1/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62e997f6-40eb-428e-bb7a-f9b8b0042c5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).