Revision: March 11, 2021, 4:46 p.m.
SB 123 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/11/2021 0621s
2021 SESSION
21-1016
05/10
SENATE BILL 123
AN ACT relative to employer payment of required COVID-19 testing.
SPONSORS: Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Cavanaugh, Dist 16; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 1; Rep. Marsh, Carr. 8; Rep. Woods, Merr. 23
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits an employer from requiring that an employee or applicant for employment pay the cost of a COVID-19 test as a condition of employment.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/11/2021 0621s 21-1016
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to employer payment of required COVID-19 testing.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subdivision; COVID-19 Testing. Amend RSA 275 by inserting after section 77 the following new subdivision:
COVID-19 Testing
275:78 COVID-19 Testing. It shall be unlawful for any employer, as defined in RSA 275:4, to require any employee or applicant for employment to pay the cost of a COVID-19 test as a condition of employment.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.