Bill Text - SB473 (2026)

Defining the term "field officers" within the national guard.


Revision: Nov. 21, 2025, 3:25 p.m.

SB 473  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2026 SESSION

26-2032

06/08

 

SENATE BILL 473

 

AN ACT defining the term "field officers" within the national guard.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. McGough, Dist 11; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. McConkey, Dist 3; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Rep. Giasson, Hills. 29; Rep. Miles, Hills. 12; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill defines the term "field grade officers" or "field officers" for purposes of promotion and appointment within the army national guard to mean officers holding the rank of lieutenant colonel or colonel.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

26-2032

06/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

 

AN ACT defining the term "field officers" within the national guard.

 

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

 

1  New Paragraph; Defining Field Grade Officers for Purposes of Promotion and Appointment.  Amend RSA 110-B:20 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

IV.  For the purposes of promotion and appointment of field grade officers of the army national guard, the term "field grade officers" or "field officers" shall mean officers in the rank of lieutenant colonel and colonel.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.