---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to certain unclassified positions in the department of health and human services."
description: "relative to certain unclassified positions in the department of health and human services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 516"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 516 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-11-21"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fe526f2-c1f5-4f70-b9ac-989505ef48a0"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1258&inflect=2"
source_hash: "22f931c29487fd99cae4d84bcb67b02630587047f4bfe247db95bb3bd808e20f"
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 516 (2026) — relative to certain unclassified positions in the department of health and human services.

## 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=22051&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=26070&q=billVersion)
3. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=33883&q=billVersion)
4. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=32275&q=billVersion)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-21** Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08** Hearing: 01/14/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:20 am; SC 1
- **2026-01-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0117s, 01/29/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0117s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/29/2026; SJ 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-01-29** Committee Amendment # 2026-0117s, AA, VV; 01/29/2026; SJ 2
- **2026-02-26** Introduced (in recess of) 02/19/2026 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 5 P. 124 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Public Hearing: 04/15/2026 11:00 am GP 231
- **2026-04-27** Executive Session: 04/22/2026 10:45 am GP 231
- **2026-04-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/22/2026 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 18 P. 8 `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 138; Effective 06/12/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fe526f2-c1f5-4f70-b9ac-989505ef48a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).