HB 1024
prohibiting investments by the New Hampshire retirement system in businesses owned by a sitting president or their family.
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On the record
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| Status | HOUSE |
|---|---|
| In the House | INTERIM STUDY |
| Introduced | 1/7/2026 |
| Floor date | 2/19/2026 |
| LSR number | 2375 |
| Local government impact | no |
| Committee code | H07 |
Where it stands
House: INTERIM STUDY
Every floor vote on this bill was a voice or division vote, so there is no record of how individual legislators voted.
A bill goes on the consent calendar when the committee vote was unanimous or nearly so, and any members who dissented did not object to placing it there. It then passes without floor debate. Ten members may file a petition to pull a bill off the consent calendar and have it debated and voted on separately.
In practice this often ends a bill's progress for the term.
Sponsors
Caplan, Tony(D) Merr 8, Howard, Heath(D) Straf 4, Muns, Chris(D) Rock 29, Newell, Jodi(D) Ches 4
Prime sponsor in bold. From the General Court sponsor file.
What happened
Every action recorded in the official docket, in order. Each line ends with the journal or calendar that recorded it; where we have the document, that citation links to it.
- January 7, 2026Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration
- January 14, 2026Public Hearing: 01/14/2026 10:40 am GP 231
- February 11, 2026Executive Session: 02/11/2026 10:00 am GP 231
- February 11, 2026Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study 02/11/2026 (Vote 14-0; CC)
- February 19, 2026Refer for Interim Study: MA VV 02/19/2026
Votes
Roll call tallies and individual votes from the General Court roll call files. Presiding, excused and absent are shown separately: one member presides over each House roll call and does not vote except to break a tie.
Refer for Interim Study
Decided on a voice vote. Only the outcome was recorded — there is no count of how any member voted.
Committee reports
Reproduced from the House Calendar in the committee’s own words.
Committee — REFER FOR INTERIM STUDY
The unanimous vote from the committee for interim study is because of concerns over the potential for the fiduciary responsibilities of the NH Retirement System being overridden by this legislation and HB 1585. There is also a constitutional concern, with Part 1, Article 36-a of the NH Constitution stating “The employer contributions certified as payable to the New Hampshire retirement system or any successor system to fund the system’s liabilities, as shall be determined by sound actuarial valuation and practice, independent of the executive office, shall be appropriated each fiscal year to the same extent as is certified. All of the assets and proceeds, and income therefrom, of the New Hampshire retirement system and of any and all other retirement systems for public officers and employees operated by the state or by any of its political subdivisions, and of any successor system, and all contributions and payments made to any such system to provide for retirement and related benefits shall be held, invested or disbursed as in trust for the exclusive purpose of providing for such benefits and shall not be encumbered for, or diverted to, any other purposes.” We would like to study both of these bills to learn more about how they would impact the NHRS Board of Trustees and their ability to make decisions that are in the best interest of our retirees. Vote 14-0.
Hearings and recordings
Recordings are the General Court’s own, on YouTube. Start times are estimates unless stated otherwise, and the player opens early.
- January 14, 2026 at 10:40Executive Departments and Administration public hearing
- February 11, 2026 at 10:00Executive Departments and Administration executive session
- February 19, 2026House floor debate recording (start time not identified)
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