Employment laws and bills in New Hampshire

Every bill in the New Hampshire Legislature that falls inside the Employment and Labor Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in scope
35bills in scope
Past committee
11past committee
Most recent action
19 October 2026most recent action

Employment laws enacted in New Hampshire in 2026

5 Employment bills were enacted in New Hampshire this year, the latest with a last action on 21 July 2026. They lead the list below.

Employment bills in New Hampshire

6Enacted

1Cleared both chambers

4Past committee

3Active in committee

21Introduced or inactive

35 bills in scope

Enacted

6

HB 1168relative to employer documentation requirements.EnactedHB 1109relative to notice requirements regarding public employee suspensions and investigations and recognizing certain positions in the department of corrections as group II positions.EnactedHB 1245relative to voluntary portable benefits plans for independent contractors.EnactedHB 1363relative to employee candidate background checks.EnactedSB 655relative to employee leasing companies, workers' compensation coverage options, and a minimum wage exemption for minor league baseball players.EnactedSB 29relative to membership, jurisdiction, and reports of the health care workplace safety commission and relative to health care facility reporting requirements under the workplace violence prevention program.Enacted

Cleared both chambers

1

HB 1072relative to employer notice of department of labor investigations.Vetoed

Past committee

4

SB 416relative to the pooling and sharing of tips among tipped employees.Passed chamberHB 1043relative to employer discretion in offering minimum payment options to employees.Passed chamberHB 1704permitting public employees to bargain individually with public employers without any intervention.Passed committeeHB 238prohibiting collective bargaining agreements from requiring employees join or contribute to a labor union.Passed committee

Active in committee

3

HB 1761expanding the New Hampshire paid family and medical leave program.In committeeHB 1767relative to unemployment compensation eligibility and weekly benefit amounts.In committeeHB 303relative to requiring the department of labor review and adopt workers' occupational safety requirements that are similar to OSHA standards.In committee

Introduced or inactive

11 of 21 shown

HB 1451relative to protecting workers from extreme temperature-related injuries and fatalities in the workplace.DeadHB 1484establishing a state minimum wage and providing for incremental increases.DeadSB 88prohibiting state government entities from including specified terms related to labor organization agreements in construction related contracts and grants.DeadHB 1439relative to exceeding part-time employment hourly limits for members of the New Hampshire retirement system.DeadHB 1663relative to protection of employment for members of the general court.DeadHB 1188relative to noncompete agreements for low-wage employees.DeadHB 1150requiring disclosure of complaints to public employees within 5 business days.DeadHB 1352relative to payment and dispute resolution for medical bills under workers compensation.DeadHB 1527relative to annual notification of benefits to state employees.DeadHB 1177adding a definition to the labor laws regarding remote work and defining the nature of such employment.DeadHB 128establishing a committee to study unemployment insurance.Dead

Showing the 25 furthest along of 35. Subscribers see all of them, filtered and searchable. Bill titles link to the New Hampshire Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as Employment and Labor Legislation legislation

In scope is any bill governing the employment relationship: minimum, prevailing and overtime wages, wage theft, worker classification and gig work, paid sick, family and medical leave, unemployment and workers' compensation, discrimination, harassment, pay equity and pay range disclosure, unions and public sector bargaining, workplace safety and heat standards, electronic monitoring and automated hiring tools, and noncompete and nondisclosure agreements.

Tracker scopes are model-drafted, not attorney-reviewed.

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