CHAPTER 238
HB 1328 - FINAL VERSION
05/22/2024 2009s
2024 SESSION
24-2365
12/10
HOUSE BILL 1328
AN ACT relative to public safety providers defined as essential services.
SPONSORS: Rep. Proulx, Hills. 15
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill expands the definition of first responders and deems all first responders as providing essential services.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05/22/2024 2009s 24-2365
12/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to public safety providers defined as essential services.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
238:1 Homeland Security and Emergency Management; First Responders; Defined as Essential Services. Amend RSA 21-P:35, IX to read as follows:
IX. "First responders" means state, county, and local governmental and nongovernmental emergency public safety fire, law enforcement, public safety telecommunications or dispatcher, emergency response, emergency medical services providers including hospital emergency facilities, emergency management, public health, clinical care, public works, and other skilled and essential support personnel and volunteers, such as equipment operators, and individuals serving on state and community emergency response teams, medical reserve corps, disaster animal and health professional response teams that provide immediate support services necessary to perform emergency management functions. First responders are essential services providers.
238:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 19, 2024
Effective Date: September 17, 2024
| Date | Amendment |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2024 | 2024-2009s |
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 21, 2024 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 21, 2024 | House | Exec Session |
| Feb. 21, 2024 | House | Floor Vote |
| April 3, 2024 | Senate | Hearing |
| May 23, 2024 | Senate | Floor Vote |
July 26, 2024: Signed by Governor Sununu 07/19/2024; Chapter 238; eff. 09/17/2024
July 2, 2024: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16
July 2, 2024: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18
May 30, 2024: House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-2009s (Rep. C. McGuire): MA VV 05/30/2024 HJ 15
May 22, 2024: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-2009s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/22/2024; SJ 14
May 22, 2024: Committee Amendment # 2024-2009s, AA, VV; 05/22/2024; SJ 14
May 16, 2024: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-2009s, 05/22/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20
March 28, 2024: Hearing: 04/03/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 13
March 26, 2024: Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 8
March 14, 2024: Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/14/2024 HJ 8 P. 7
Feb. 29, 2024: Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/21/2024 (Vote 16-0; CC)
Feb. 29, 2024: Executive Session: 02/21/2024 10:00 am LOB 306-308
Feb. 7, 2024: Public Hearing: 02/21/2024 10:00 am LOB 306-308
Dec. 6, 2023: Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 1