Bill Text - SB427 (2026)

Relative to the joint committee on employee classification.


Revision: May 12, 2026, 8:45 a.m.

CHAPTER 60

SB 427-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

 

2026 SESSION

26-2009

08/09

 

SENATE BILL 427-FN

 

AN ACT relative to the joint committee on employee classification.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. McGough, Dist 11; Rep. Schmidt, Straf. 14

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill revises salaries for certain unclassified state employees.  This bill is a request of the joint committee on employee classification.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

26-2009

08/09

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

 

AN ACT relative to the joint committee on employee classification.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

60:1  State Officers; Positions Eliminated.  Amend RSA 94:1-a, I(b) by deleting the following:

FF Department of health and human services director of legal services, division for children,

youth and families

GG Department of corrections warden, New Hampshire correctional facility for women

HH Department of corrections warden, Northern New Hampshire corrections facility

HH Department of safety state fire marshal

HH Department of safety director, division of fire standards and training

and emergency medical services

II Department of corrections warden, New Hampshire state prison - men

60:2  Compensation of Certain State Officers.  Amend RSA 94:1-a, I(b) by inserting the following:

EE Department of health and human services deputy director, bureau of facilities

maintenance and office services

GG Department of health and human services director of legal services, division for children,

youth and families

GG Insurance department assistant commissioner

HH Department of corrections warden, New Hampshire correctional facility for women

II Department of corrections warden, Northern New Hampshire corrections

facility

II Department of safety state fire marshal

II Department of safety director, division of fire standards and training and emergency medical service

JJ Department of corrections deputy warden, New Hampshire state prison - men

KK Department of corrections warden, New Hampshire state prison - men

60:3  Salary Adjustment for Recruitment or Retention.  Amend RSA 94:3-b, II(b)-(d) to read as follows:

(b)  Associate medical examiner, department of justice, $160,000-[$240,000] $300,000

(c)  Deputy chief medical examiner, department of justice, $200,000-[$260,000] $320,000

(d)  Chief medical examiner, department of justice, $210,000-[$300,000] $350,000

60:4  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.

 

Approved: May 08, 2026

Effective Date: July 01, 2026