---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to employee candidate background checks."
description: "relative to employee candidate background checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1363"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1363 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry W Roy"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-02"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30159374-b4f5-4414-9b48-c612e29d331f"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=2301&inflect=2"
source_hash: "50d8500508d915cfce3576c584f899c1c9242b648191ea2f936677a8144be4fd"
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 1363 (2026) — relative to employee candidate background checks.

## 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=23161&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=28000&q=billVersion)
3. **As Amended by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=31373&q=billVersion)
4. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=33953&q=billVersion)
5. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=32195&q=billVersion)

## Sponsors

- Terry W Roy — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Mannion — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer M Rhodes — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Paquette — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Richard W. Lascelles — cosponsor (person)
- Ricky J Devoid — cosponsor (person)
- Sherri L Reinfurt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-02** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 1 P. 17 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Public Hearing: 01/21/2026 02:00 pm GP 159
- **2026-02-24** Executive Session: 01/21/2026 02:00 pm GP 159
- **2026-02-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0712h 02/13/2026 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 9 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Amendment # 2026-0712h: AA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 7
- **2026-03-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0712h: MA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-06** Introduced 03/05/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01** Hearing: 04/09/2026, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 14
- **2026-04-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1547s, 04/23/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 15A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1547s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/23/2026; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-21** Committee Amendment # 2026-1547s, AA, VV; 04/23/2026; SJ 10
- **2026-05-07** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1547s (Rep. Rhodes): MA VV 05/07/2026 HJ 12
- **2026-06-03** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2128e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/21/2026); SJ 14 `amendment-passage`
- **2026-06-03** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2128e: AA VV (in recess of) 05/21/2026 HJ 14
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15
- **2026-06-24** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/19/2026; Chapter 167; eff. 08/18/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30159374-b4f5-4414-9b48-c612e29d331f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).